amakihi

or 'a·ma·ki·hi

[ ah-mah-kee-hee ]

noun,plural a·ma·ki·his.
  1. a small Hawaiian honeycreeper, Hemignathus virens, having mainly olive-green plumage above with a dark mark extending from the eye to the beak.

Origin of amakihi

1
First recorded in 1900–05; from Hawaiian ‘amakihi

Words Nearby amakihi

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