hōkioi
1. (noun) an extinct nocturnal bird, New Zealand snipe, Coenocorypha aucklandica - a small rotund variegated brown wader with a long slightly drooping brown bill and short legs. Found on preator-free islands in the subantarctic.
He hākuwai (hōkioi) anake hoki te manu e whakahua ana i tōna ingoa (TTT 1/9/1924:112). / A hōkioi is the only bird that calls its own name.
