miromiro
/ˈˌmɪərəʊˈˌmɪərəʊ/(also miro-miro)
noun
The New Zealand tomtit, Petroica macrocephala (family Eopsaltridae), especially a black and white subspecies, P. macrocephala toitoi, of the North Island. Also (occasionally) (perhaps by confusion): the New Zealand robin, P. australis.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Edward Gray (1800–1875), zoologist and museum curator. From Maori miromiro tomtit, reduplicated form of miro: see miro.
- recombinase
- recombination
- recombinational
- recombinationally
- recombinationless
- recombination line
- recombine
- recombinogenic
- recomember
- recomforting
- recommand
- recommence
- recommencement
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- recommend
- recommendable
- recommendation
- recommendator
- recommendatory
- recommendatory letter
- recommender
- recommendor
- recommission
- recommit
- recommitment