kererun.
/ˈkɛrəruː/, U.S. /ˈkɛrəˌru/, New Zealand English /kereˈruː/, /ˈkerəruː/ The New Zealand pigeon, Hemiphaga novæseelandiæ.
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1873 W. L. Buller Hist. Birds N.Z. 157 Carpophaga Novæ Zealandiæ (New-Zealand Pigeon)..Native names. Kuku, Kukupa, and Kereru.
1905 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 19 For food..in his [sc. the Maori's] catalogue, for flavour and bulk, the plentiful kereru, or kuku (pigeon) headed the list.
1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. i. 93 The principal forest birds sought for food were the wood pigeon (kereru, kukupa, kuku), [etc.].
1955 W. R. B. Oliver N.Z. Birds (ed. 2) 440/1 New Zealand Pigeon. Kereru..was noticed and recorded by all the early explorers.
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