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hihi

1. (noun) ray of sun.

Tēnā titiro atu ō tātou kanohi ki ngā hihi kanapa o te rā e torengi atu ana i runga i te moana whānui, i runga i ngā pae maunga (KO 15/7/1885:8). / Now look at the gleaming rays of the sun setting on the wide ocean and on the mountain ranges.

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2. (noun) feeler (of crayfish), antenna, sucker, thin shoot, tendril (of plants), tentacle (of Portuguese man-of-war), sliver, baleen - any long slender appendage.


3. (noun) straight line (maths).

He rārangi tōtika te hihi. Ka tīmata i tetahi pūwāhi /

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4. (noun) stitchbird, Notiomystis cincta - a rare endemic forest bird, the male has a black head, upper breast and back, bordered by golden yellow across the breast. White tufts behind the eyes and yellow shoulder patch. Female grayish brown with white wingbar.

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