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koitareke

1. (noun) Baillon's crake, marsh crake, Porzana pusilla affinis - small, slim, secretive rail. Upperparts cinnamon brown, streaked black-and-white.


2. (noun) quail, New Zealand quail, Coturnix novaezealandiae - a small extinct bird of open country.

Nā ka puta he hau i a Ihowa, ā kawea ana mai ngā koitareke i te moana, kua maka ki te taha o te puni, kia kotahi pea te rā e haere ai i tētahi taha, kia kotahi pea hoki te rā e haere ai i tērā taha, ā tawhio noa te puni, me te mea anō e rua whatīanga te teitei i runga i te mata o te whenua (PT Tauanga 11:31). / And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high on the face of the earth.

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Synonyms: whakaririka, maopo, tāreke, tūpererū, whēwhī, koutareke, koreke, kōkōreke, kāreke

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