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ʻaʻo

Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

n., Newell's puffin or shearwater (Puffinus puffinis newelli), said to be the only sea bird endemic to Hawaiʻi, and to breed only in Hawaiʻi; glossy black above, white beneath; endangered.

  • Examples:
    • Hoʻokahi nō hua a ka ʻaʻo, the ʻaʻo lays but a single egg [said of an only child].
  • Related:
    • Also: liʻo.

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ʻaʻo

/ ā'ō / Parker Haw to Eng,

n., The bird (Himatione sanguinea). See akakane, and apane.

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