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akepa

akepa noun: a bird in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus, Loxops coccineus.

akepa: a bird in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus, Loxops coccineus
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Noun

akepa (plural akepas)

  1. A bird in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus, Loxops coccineus.

Forms of akepa

pluralakepas
alternative formʻakepa

Origin of akepa

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻākepa.

Questions about akepa

What does akepa mean?
Akepa means a bird in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus, Loxops coccineus.
What part of speech is akepa?
Akepa is a noun.
What is the plural of akepa?
The plural of akepa is akepas.

Words near akepa in the dictionary

  1. akenned
  2. akenning
  3. akens
  4. akentrogonid
  5. akentrogonids
  6. akepa
  7. akepas
  8. akephaloi
  9. akepiro
  10. akepiros
  11. aker

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