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Definition of parson bird - 4 dictionary results

tu⋅i

  [too-ee]
–noun
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
Also called parson bird.

Origin:
1825–35; < Maori tūī
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parson bird  
n.  See tui.
tu·i   (tōō'ē)   
n.   pl. tu·is
A honeyeater (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) of New Zealand, having dark plumage with white feathers on the throat. Also called parson bird.

[Maori tūī.]
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