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pīhoihoi

1. (noun) New Zealand pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae - native bird with head and upperparts brown and streaked darker brown similar to a skylark but more slender, with the habit of flicking its long tail up and down. It inhabits open areas but avoids intensively farmed land.

Te hoihoi hoki o te manu nei, whai anō kīia ai he pīhoihoi. Arā anō tōna ingoa ko te whioi, arā he manu whio (Te Ara 2012). / This bird is noisy, which is why it is called a 'pīhoihoi'. Another of its names, whioi, means whistler.

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Synonyms: kātaitai, manu kahaki, whioi, hīoi, whāioio

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