Etymology

elepaio

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Today it means: Any of three species of monarch flycatcher in the genus Chasiempis, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Full definition →

Hawaiian ʻelepaio
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  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromʻelepaio
  2. English todayelepaio

From Hawaiian ʻelepaio.

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