elepaio

See also: ʻelepaio

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻelepaio.

Noun

elepaio (plural elepaios)

1. Any of three species of monarch flycatcher in the genus Chasiempis, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
   • 1962, Sister Mary St. Lawrence (O.P.), Exploring Nature in Hawaii (book 8, page 16)

     On these three islands elepaios are our most common native bird.