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palila

palila noun: loxioides bailleui, a finch-billed species of Hawaiian honeycreeper with a golden-yellow head and breast.

Noun

palila (plural palilas)

  1. Loxioides bailleui, a finch-billed species of Hawaiian honeycreeper with a golden-yellow head and breast.

Forms of palila

pluralpalilas

Origin of palila

From Hawaiian palila.

Questions about palila

What does palila mean?
Palila means loxioides bailleui, a finch-billed species of Hawaiian honeycreeper with a golden-yellow head and breast.
What part of speech is palila?
Palila is a noun.
What is the plural of palila?
The plural of palila is palilas.

Words near palila in the dictionary

  1. Palihan
  2. palikar
  3. palikarism
  4. palikars
  5. Palikir
  6. palila
  7. palilalia
  8. palilalias
  9. palilalic
  10. palilas
  11. Palilia

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