Rough-barked, or Rough G. an Australian bird, Rhipidura tricolor, theBlack-and-white Fantail, with black-and-white plumagelike a pied wagtail. Apicturesque bit of Australian slang. South-sea Island word.
It arisesfrom the resemblance of the teeth in some cases or theprojecting whiskers in others, to those of a cat. Howitt, `Australia,' p. a miner's term, explainedin quotation. 56: For the site, if you will needs urge me to it, I am not fullyresolved, it may be in Terra Australis incognita, th
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