ʻaʻo
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].
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