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cahow

cahow noun: an endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.

Noun

cahow (plural cahows)

  1. An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.
    • The cahow was known to colonists in Bermuda during the early part of the seventeenth century, and these people relied on it quite heavily for food.2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 60
    Synonyms:
    Bermuda petrel

Synonyms of cahow

Forms of cahow

pluralcahows

Origin of cahow

Imitative of its cry.

Questions about cahow

What does cahow mean?
Cahow means an endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.
What part of speech is cahow?
Cahow is a noun.
What is the plural of cahow?
The plural of cahow is cahows.

Words near cahow in the dictionary

  1. cahooting
  2. cahoots
  3. Cahors
  4. cahoun
  5. cahouns
  6. cahow
  7. cahows
  8. cahs
  9. Cahuapana
  10. Cahuapanan
  11. Cahue

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