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apapane

apapane noun: a member of the bright red species of honeycreeper, Himatione sanguinea, found in Hawaii.

apapane: a member of the bright red species of honeycreeper, Himatione sanguinea, found in Hawaii
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Noun

apapane (plural apapanes)

  1. A member of the bright red species of honeycreeper, Himatione sanguinea, found in Hawaii.
    • The species most commonly noted by strangers, however, is the beautiful dark blood-red bird, the apapane of the natives.1915, William Alanson Bryan, Natural History of Hawaii, page 329
    • The specimen is in perfect order, the colors bright as when made. The yellow is oo, the central crescent is of black oo on the upper half and crimson apapane feathers on the lower.1918, Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History, page 28

Forms of apapane

pluralapapanes

Origin of apapane

Borrowed from Hawaiian àpapane.

Questions about apapane

What does apapane mean?
Apapane means a member of the bright red species of honeycreeper, Himatione sanguinea, found in Hawaii.
What part of speech is apapane?
Apapane is a noun.
What is the plural of apapane?
The plural of apapane is apapanes.

Words near apapane in the dictionary

  1. apanthropinizations
  2. apanthropy
  3. Apanto
  4. apantomancy
  5. APAP
  6. apapane
  7. apapanes
  8. Apaporis
  9. apapransa
  10. apapsis
  11. apar

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