a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head
Word origin
[1885–90; ‹ Hawaiian ʻōʻū]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classified, lineup, sensitization, twofer, zoom