drongo

Definitions


[ˈdrɒŋɡəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a songbird with glossy black plumage and typically a long forked tail and a crest, found in Africa, southern Asia, and Australia

- a stupid or incompetent person
(e.g: I gave that drongo fifty dollars and he only gave me change for ten!)


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Origin:
mid 19th century: from Malagasy. drongo is said to be from the name of an Australian racehorse of the 1920s which consistently finished last or near last




definition by Oxford Dictionaries