(Australia) A mythical Australian monster, said to inhabit swamps and lagoons. / (Australia, slang, obsolete) An imposter or con-man.

plural of bunyip

(Australia, derogatory) A peerage (hypothetical or proposed) in Australia; the new (in the colonial era) landed rich aspiring to aristocracy; snobbish Australian conservatives.

The Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus.

plural of bunyip bird