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korimako N.Z.
(‖ kɔriˈmakɔ, kɒrɪˈmɑːkəʊ)
[Maori.]
A New Zealand honey-eater, the bell-bird, Anthornis melanura.
1855R. Taylor Te Ika a Maui 75 In the first oven a korimako was cooked. 1863A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 29 Sept. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) II. 63, I lay on my back..listening dreamily to the birds, just waked up. The Korimakos in full chorus in the bush and the larks and matatas in the open land about us. 1873W. Buller Hist. Birds N.Z. 94 Certain forest-ranges were famed as Korimako preserves. 1888Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXI. 213 In fine weather the bush along the south shores of Lake Brunner re-echoes with the rich notes of the tui and korimako. 1930W. R. B. Oliver N.Z. Birds 487 Bell Bird. Korimako. Anthornis melanura. 1966Encycl. N.Z. I. 193/2 Common Maori names for the species [sc. the bellbird] are korimako or makomako. |