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kahu

kahu noun: swamp harrier (Circus approximans).

Noun

kahu

  1. (New Zealand) swamp harrier (Circus approximans)
    • Riding along the road near the Whenuakura river, I observed a kahu pursuing a small bird (apparently a ground lark) high in the air.1879, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 368

Origin of kahu

From Māori kāhu.

Questions about kahu

What does kahu mean?
Kahu means swamp harrier (Circus approximans).
What part of speech is kahu?
Kahu is a noun.

Words near kahu in the dictionary

  1. Kahoka
  2. Kahoolawe
  3. Kahr
  4. Kahramanmaraş
  5. Kahrs
  6. kahu
  7. Kahului
  8. kahuna
  9. kahunas
  10. Kahutara
  11. kahweol

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