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ooaa en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌoʊˌoʊˈɑːˌɑː/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈoʊˌoʊˌɑːˌɑː/

Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻōʻōʻāʻā.

Meanings

1. Any member of the extinct species †Moho braccatus of oo birds of Hawaii.
   • The strongest contenders [for rarest bird][…]must be the Ooaa (Moho braccatus) of Kauai, Hawaii, which was down to a single pair in 1980[…] 1986, Norris McWhirter, Guinness Book of World Records 1986, page 75:
   • Only the ooaa still lives in the forests of Hawaii, feeding on insects and some nectar. 1985, Graham Bateman, Songbirds, page 102:

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