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tauhou

tauhou noun: a silvereye, a bird of species Zosterops lateralis.

Noun

tauhou (plural tauhous)

  1. (New Zealand) A silvereye, a bird of species Zosterops lateralis.
    • Also in this group is the tauhou or silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) and two honey-eaters […]1973, Walter Imber, Kenneth Brailey Cumberland, R B Rains, New Zealand: Pacific land down under
    • There was one tauhou preternaturally wary and, somehow, knowing […]1997, Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O'Brien, Mark Williams, An anthology of New Zealand poetry in English

Forms of tauhou

pluraltauhous
alternative formtahou

Origin of tauhou

Borrowed from Māori tauhou.

Questions about tauhou

What does tauhou mean?
Tauhou means a silvereye, a bird of species Zosterops lateralis.
What part of speech is tauhou?
Tauhou is a noun.
What is the plural of tauhou?
The plural of tauhou is tauhous.

Words near tauhou in the dictionary

  1. taughtened
  2. taughtening
  3. taughtens
  4. taughtest
  5. tauhid
  6. tauhou
  7. tauhous
  8. tauic
  9. Tauism
  10. Tauist
  11. Tauists

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