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tauhou en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori tauhou.

Meanings

1. (New-Zealand) A silvereye, a bird of species Zosterops lateralis.
   • There was one tauhou preternaturally wary and, somehow, knowing […] 1997, Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O'Brien, Mark Williams, An anthology of New Zealand poetry in English:
   • Also in this group is the tauhou or silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) and two honey-eaters […] 1973, Walter Imber, Kenneth Brailey Cumberland, R B Rains, New Zealand: Pacific land down under:

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