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kuku N.Z.|ˈkuːkuː|
[Maori.]
1. Also koukou, kukupa. = kereru.
1835W. Yate Acct. N.Z. iii. 53 Kou-kou—The bird so-called is a small owl, a native of New Zealand. 1873[see kereru]. 1881J. L. Campbell Poenamo vii. 115 The kukupa..was just the bird created expressly for the true cockney sportsman. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 19 For food..in his [sc. the Maori's] catalogue, for flavour and bulk, the plentiful kereru, or kuku (pigeon) headed the list. 1936‘R. Hyde’ Check to your King xiii. 157 Your wild pigeon (kuku )..beds itself on the fern. 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. i. 93 The principal forest birds sought for food were the wood pigeon (kereru, kukupa, kuku), [etc.].
2. Either of two common mussels Perna canaliculus or Mytilus edulis aoteanus.
1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 2 White seashore sandhills, representing the accumulated deaths of ages of pipi, pupu, kuku, and other molluscs. 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. i. 106 Shellfish such as..sea mussels (kuku)..were cooked..and dried also as reserve food. 1960N. Hilliard Maori Girl 153 Shellfish—paua, kuku, kina. |