Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A rare wild goose (Branta sandvicensis) of the Hawaiian Islands, having a grayish-brown body with a black face. Also called Hawaiian goose.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A species of goose, Bernicla sandwichensis, peculiar to the Sandwich Islands.
Wiktionary
- n. The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, now the state bird of Hawaii.
Etymologies
- From Hawaiian nēnē. (Wiktionary)
- Hawaiian nēnē, imitative of its cry. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Thanks largely to their pioneering and tireless efforts in these areas, this Park remains a world-class biological jewel where people can still experience a mind-bending diversity of unique ecosystems and species such as the charismatic nene goose, hawksbill sea turtle, and Mauna Loa silversword.”
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“Fri 10/02/09 1: 05 PM how many calories does nene eat a day??”
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“Hmmm. You tell me and please try not to "Mispeak" nene”
“Species formally listed in the US as threatened include Hawaiian goose (nene) Branta sandvicensis, a terrestrial non-migratory goose; honeycreepers, namely akepa Loxops coccineus (R), akiapola'au Hemignathus wilsoni (E), and Hawaiian creeper Oreomystis mana; and Hawaiian petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis (E).”
“| Reply | Permalink kozmik wrote on December 19, 2007 11: 08 PM: nene -”
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“Not many people have heard of a nene or could identify one on sight!”
“The Hawaiian nene goose (Branta sandvicensis) lives in high shrubland areas, and endangered Hawaiian dark-rumped petrels nest in burrows in subalpine and alpine cinderlands.”
“If they could hear me say "Inkomu swinene-nene-nene!" again now, they would know what I meant and smile, I think, at the emotion behind those words.”
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“October 30th, 2009 at 6: 53 am PDT vamo nene!!! reply”
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“One of Wiecking's base stations is on a solar-powered ranger's cabin halfway up Mauna Kea, the Big Island's 13,800-foot volcano; the state Department of Fish and Wildlife uses a remote camera there to keep an eye on a feeding station for the endangered state bird, the nene.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘nene’.
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Mahalo Hawaiʻi
The triggerfish humuhumunukunukuapuaa belongs on this list too.
ʻokina, U+02BB, mahalo, aloha, Liliuokalani, nene, a'a, muumuu, Pineapple Express, Northwestern Hawa..., Malia, Leilani and 123 more...
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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cross words
the good ole boys of the nyt crossword puzzle
oleo, oreo, stlo, amie, ares, eros, erato, sloe, ogee, apse, enola, ecru and 94 more...
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Bébé to Zeze
A more narrow version of *e?e by pterodactyl, this one is ?e?e.
nese, were, rete, tele, sene, deme, dere, meme, rese, here, jefe, rede and 131 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Isograms
Words with each letter repeated the same number of times. The pattern of repetition is tagged: 1212, 1221, 121122, 122121, 121233, 122133, 123123, 123132, 123213, 123231, 123312, 123321, 12123434, ...
deeded, sestettes, geggee, appeases, caucasus, isis, cancan, intestines, mesosome, palpal, valval, mama and 154 more...
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Just trying this out.
Words which I find interesting, or which I find myself using when others don't.
mawkish, interstitial, intransigent, jellyfish baby, mordancy, arborescent, mangosteen, camelopard, coruscant, canescent, ultramarathon, stogie and 12 more...
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Reduplicatives
moyamoya, sacsac, tam-tam, ta-ta, tutu, can-can, muumuu, aye-aye, nene, titi, tsetse, boo-boo and 6 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for nene.
patra My comment is based on a second-hand account. I have never personally killed a member of an endangered species. Mar 19, 2008
reesetee Gee, that's nice to hear, considering it's so RARE. Maybe you ought to take different roads, patra. Mar 19, 2008
patra These geese have lost the ability to fly through evolution (de-volution?) and neither can they swim--yet they nest on sea-cliffs. They do, however, make good roadkill. Mar 19, 2008
adoarns a Hawaiian goose Dec 10, 2006