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- Māori · borrowed frompiopio
- English todaypiopio
Borrowed from Māori piopio.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A bird of either of two extinct passerine songbird species of New Zealand, comprising the genus Turnagra: North Island piopio (†Turnagra tanagra) and South Island piopio (†Turnagra capensis). Full definition →
Borrowed from Māori piopio.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.