1. (noun) shining cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus - a short-tailed, bronze-green bird with a dark green-and-white face and upperparts which migrates to the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago for the New Zealand winter.
See also pīpīwharauroa
Synonyms: whēnakonako, piripiriwharauroa, nakonako, pīpīwharauroa
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
