- any passerine bird of the family Dicruridae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, the several species usually having black plumage and long, forked tails.
- a stupid or slow-witted person; simpleton.
- any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
- a slow-witted person
- a new recruit in the Royal Australian Air Force
