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piwakawaka

piwakawaka noun: the New Zealand fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa, a small insectivorous bird of the South Pacific.

Noun

piwakawaka

  1. (New Zealand) The New Zealand fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa, a small insectivorous bird of the South Pacific.

Synonyms of piwakawaka

Origin of piwakawaka

Borrowed from Māori pīwakawaka.

Questions about piwakawaka

What does piwakawaka mean?
Piwakawaka means the New Zealand fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa, a small insectivorous bird of the South Pacific.
What part of speech is piwakawaka?
Piwakawaka is a noun.

Words near piwakawaka in the dictionary

  1. Pivotonians
  2. pivots
  3. pivoxazepam
  4. pivoxil
  5. PIVs
  6. piwakawaka
  7. piwari
  8. piwi
  9. piwis
  10. pix
  11. pix0r

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