omao

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noun

Myadestes obscurus, the Hawaiian thrush.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

noun

alternative ʻōmaʻo

  1. Myadestes obscurus, the Hawaiian thrush.

    The liquid chirps heard in the short song of an Omao.

    2018, Les Beletsky, Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song, page 142

Origin

  1. Hawaiianʻōmaʻo
  2. Englishomao

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻōmaʻo.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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