1. (loan) (noun) crane - wading birds with long legs, long neck and straight bill.
I korokī ahau, pērā i tā te warou, i tā te kareni; i tangi ahau me te kūkupa; matawaia ana ōku kanohi i te tirohanga whakarunga (PT Ihaia 38:14). / Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward.
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