ooaa
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English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoʊˌoʊˌɑːˌɑː/, /ˌoʊˌoʊˈɑːˌɑː/
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Noun
ooaa
- Any member of the extinct species †Moho braccatus of oo birds of Hawaii.
- 1985, Graham Bateman, Songbirds, page 102:
- Only the ooaa still lives in the forests of Hawaii, feeding on insects and some nectar.
- 1986, Norris McWhirter, Guinness Book of World Records 1986, page 75:
- The strongest contenders [for rarest bird] […] must be the Ooaa (Moho braccatus) of Kauai, Hawaii, which was down to a single pair in 1980 […]
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References
- “ooaa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.