Kairuku

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Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kairuku, from kai (“food”) + ruku (“to dive”)[1]

Proper noun

†Kairuku ?

  1. A taxonomic genus within the order Sphenisciformes – extinct penguins from New Zealand during the late oligocene.

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References

  1. ^ Ksepka, Daniel T., Fordyce, R. Ewan, Tatsuro Ando, Jones, Craig M. (2012 March) “New fossil penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Oligocene of New Zealand reveal the skeletal plan of stem penguins”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‎, volume 32, number 2, Taylor & Francis, Ltd., pages 235–254

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