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tu·i
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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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tui
(ˈtuːɪ)
—
n
,
pl
tuis
a New Zealand honeyeater,
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
, having a glossy bluish-green plumage with white feathers at the throat: it mimics human speech and the songs of other birds
[from Māori]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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