Etymology

koekoea

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Today it means: The long-tailed cuckoo, Eudynamys taitensis, which breeds in New Zealand and migrates to the islands of the western Pacific in the winter. Full definition →

Māori koekoeā
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  1. Māori · borrowed fromkoekoeā
  2. English todaykoekoea

Borrowed from Māori koekoeā.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.