Meanings
nounkoloa (plural koloas)
plural koloas
- The Hawaiian duck, Anas wyvilliana.
The Hawaiian duck or koloa (Anas wyvilliana) has never been reduced to anything like the pitiful remnant that once represented its relatives on Laysan.
2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 83
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Origin
- Proto-Polynesian*toloa“duck”
- Hawaiiankoloa
- Englishkoloa
Borrowed from Hawaiian koloa, from Proto-Polynesian *toloa (“duck”).
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APA
koloa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/koloa
MLA
“koloa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/koloa. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “koloa,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/koloa.
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