kukun.
/ˈkʊkuː/, /ˈkuːkuː/, U.S. /ˈkʊˌku/, /ˈkuˌku/, New Zealand English /ˈkuku/, /ˈkʊkuː/, /ˈkuːkuː/ New Zealand.
1. Also koukou, kukupa. = kereru n.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > member of genus Hemiphaga
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kereru1873
1835 W. Yate Acct. of N.Z. iii. 53 Kou-kou—The bird so-called is a small owl, a native of New Zealand.
1873 W. L. Buller Hist. Birds N.Z. 157 Carpophaga Novæ Zealandiæ (New-Zealand Pigeon)..Native names. Kuku, Kukupa, and Kereru.
1881 J. L. Campbell Poenamo vii. 115 The kukupa..was just the bird created expressly for the true cockney sportsman.
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.
1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Check to your King xiii. 157 Your wild pigeon (kuku )..beds itself on the fern.
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.].
2. Either of two common mussels Perna canaliculus or Mytilus edulis aoteanus.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Mytilidae > member of (mussel)
palour1589
sand-mussel1681
pearl shell1781
mytiloid1890
kuku1905
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Mytilidae > genus Mytilus > member of
wool-spinner1815
kuku1905
1905 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 2 White seashore sandhills, representing the accumulated deaths of ages of pipi, pupu, kuku, and other molluscs.
1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. i. 106 Shellfish such as..sea mussels (kuku)..were cooked..and dried also as reserve food.
1960 N. Hilliard Maori Girl 153 Shellfish—paua, kuku, kina.
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