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cahows

cahows is the plural of cahow.

Meaning of cahow

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

Questions about cahows

What is cahows the plural of?
Cahows is the plural of cahow.

Words near cahows in the dictionary

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

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