amokura

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Maori amokura.

Noun

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amokura (plural amokuras)

  1. Synonym of red-tailed tropicbird
    • 1981, Richard Anthony Benton, The Flight of the Amokura: Oceanic Languages and Formal Education in the South Pacific:
      The amokura (Phaethon rubicauda), the red-tailed tropic bird, known in New Zealand as tawake or amokura, in Hawaii as koa'e'ula, tava'e'ula in Samoa, tavakemoerangi in Rarotonga, […]

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Maori

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Maori Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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amokura

  1. red-tailed tropicbird
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