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amokura

amokura noun: synonym of red-tailed tropicbird.

Noun

amokura (plural amokuras)

  1. Synonym of red-tailed tropicbird.
    • The amokura (Phaethon rubicauda), the red-tailed tropic bird, known in New Zealand as tawake or amokura, in Hawaii as koa'e'ula, tava'e'ula in Samoa, tavakemoerangi in Rarotonga, […]1981, Richard Anthony Benton, The Flight of the Amokura: Oceanic Languages and Formal Education in the South Pacific

Synonyms of amokura

Forms of amokura

pluralamokuras

Origin of amokura

Borrowed from Māori amokura.

Questions about amokura

What does amokura mean?
Amokura means synonym of red-tailed tropicbird.
What part of speech is amokura?
Amokura is a noun.
What is the plural of amokura?
The plural of amokura is amokuras.

Words near amokura in the dictionary

  1. amok
  2. amoked
  3. amoking
  4. amokoscisia
  5. amoks
  6. amokura
  7. amokuras
  8. amol
  9. amolder
  10. amoldered
  11. amoldering

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