Stewart Island shag en · NOUN
Meanings
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(New-Zealand) A species of shag, Leucocarbo chalconotus, endemic to New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island.
Other birds are beating in an ungainly way against it, getting nowhere fast. […] “Stewart Island shags, and I don't know the Maori for that…kawau rakiura, perhaps?”
1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 168:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Island shags | Number=Plur | lexicographic |