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nene

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ne⋅ne

[ney-ney]
–noun, plural -ne.
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
Also called Hawaiian goose.


Origin:
1900–05; < Hawaiian nēnē
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ne·ne   (nā'nā)   
n.  A rare wild goose (Branta sandvicensis) of the Hawaiian Islands, having a grayish-brown body with a black face. Also called Hawaiian goose.

[Hawaiian nēnē, imitative of its cry.]
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