mamo
UK/ˈmeɪməʊ/
mamo noun: either of two extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreepers of the genus Drepanis.
Noun
mamo (plural mamos)
- Either of two extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreepers of the genus Drepanis.
- In 1907, when a well-known collector named Alanson Bryan realised that he had shot the last three specimens of black mamos, a species of forest bird that had only been discovered the previous decade, he noted that the news filled him with ‘joy’.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 421
- The plaintive whistle of the Hawai‘i mamo, a shy bird then found only on Hawai‘i Island, was heard only rarely by the mid-1880s, as cattle ranching and plantations altered the forest canopies where this nectar-loving finch once thrived.2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 76
Proper noun capitalized: Mamo
Mamo (plural Mamos)
- A surname.
Forms of mamo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mamos |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Mamos |
Origin of mamo
Borrowed from Hawaiian mamo.
Questions about mamo
- What does mamo mean?
- Mamo means either of two extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreepers of the genus Drepanis.
- What part of speech is mamo?
- Mamo can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mamo?
- Mamo is pronounced /ˈmeɪməʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mamo?
- The plural of mamo is mamos.
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