单词 | mamo |
释义 | mamon. Either of two Hawaiian honeycreepers of the genus Drepanis (family Drepanididae), the black and yellow D. pacifica and the black D. funerea, both extinct since the early 20th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > extinct or fossil > extinct or fossil types moa1839 Dinornis1843 Aepyornis1851 Archaeopteryx1862 Hesperornis1871 ichthyornis1872 elephant bird1889 mamo1891 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of ligurine1572 ligury1598 flax-finch1640 Kate1774 winter finch1783 indigo-bird1864 Galapagos finch1888 mamo1891 Darwin's finch1936 1891 S. B. Wilson & A. H. Evans Aves Hawaiienses ii. xiv. 3 Drepanis pacifica. Mamo... This wreath..is made entirely of Mamo feathers. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 225 The Mamo (Drepanis), whose beautiful feathers..have led to its extirpation. 1936 D. Teilhet & H. Teilhet Feather Cloak Murders (1937) viii. 140 Those yellow feathers plucked from the Mamo bird which in ancient times had been woven into the magnificent feather cloaks worn only by the Hawaiian chieftains. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891 |
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