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Maori
Etymology
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Noun
tuturuatu
- shore plover (Charadrius novaeseelandiae)
- Synonym: kohutapu
- alternative form of tuturuwhatu (“New Zealand dotterel”)
Further reading
- “tuturuatu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.