little pied cormorant

Scientific Name
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Category
Birds

Called barrak-barrak in some dialects of Bininj Kunwok. The name Dengebarrakbarrak is a nickname which means 'little pied cormorant foot' and refers to a person who has feet with toes turned outwards, so called because the footprints of such a person look like the tracks left by the little pied cormorant.

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Kunwinjku term
mandamed
Kundjeyhmi term
dedjkorrkdedjkorrk
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Kuninjku term
barrak-barrak
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Kune/Mayali term
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Kundedjnjenghmi term
barrak-barrak

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