Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The white-tailed tropic-bird, Phaëthon leucurus, which is found in the Sandwich Islands.
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Examples
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Mamua o ka po hoao o na Alii, i ka po i o Huna, hiki lakou i Kawaihae, ia manawa, hoouna aku la oia ia koae, kona elele e kii ia Poliahu e iho mai e halawai me Aiwohikupua, i ka la i kauohaia'i e hoao.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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One was the misty rain, another a certain, unspecified cloud formation and the third was a koae kea, or white-tailed tropic bird, flying within the caldera.
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One was the misty rain, another a certain, unspecified cloud formation and the third was a koae kea, or white-tailed tropic bird, flying within the caldera.
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