Home › Words › B › boobookboobook/ˈbuːbʊk/boobook means any of various owls of Asia and Australasia of the genus Ninox.boobook is pronounced /ˈbuːbʊk/.EtymologyFrom Dharug bokbok (imitative of the primary call of the Australian boobook, Ninox boobook).nounAny of various owls of Asia and Australasia of the genus Ninox.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.morepork 58% match — The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania. vs boobook →boonk 56% match — A bird, the little bittern. vs boobook →koel 56% match — A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific. vs boobook →bobuck 56% match — A small, nocturnal, possum, Trichosurus caninus, of southeast Australia. vs boobook →boopie 56% match — Any of various grasshoppers of the genus Boopedon. vs boobook →bulbul 55% match — Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and Eurasia. vs boobook →goburra 55% match — The laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae). vs boobook →kookie 54% match — A kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae). vs boobook →