hoiho

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English

Etymology

From Maori hoiho.

Noun

hoiho (plural hoihos)

  1. The yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes.
    • 2018 March 12, Murdo MacLeod, The Guardian:
      With an 80% loss rate for each year’s chicks, the hoiho’s existence is in peril.

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