OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 37852

tui

/ˈtuːi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
mielero tui
A species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand.
The most frequently visible of these feathered denizens of the forest is the Tui (Prostemadera novæ Zelandiæ), called 'the parson' by Captain [James] Cook, in consequence of its ha…
[A]ll was quiet, beautiful, and serene; the only sounds which broke the calm were the wild notes of the tooe (or New Zealand blackbird), the splashing of our own oars, or the occas…
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