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▪ I. miro, n.1 N. Z.|ˈmɪərəʊ|
[Maori.]
A large, evergreen tree, Podocarpus ferrugineus, of the family Taxaceæ, native to New Zealand, or the timber produced by it. Also miro-tree.
1832G. Bennett in London Med. Gaz. X. 793/1 The Miro tree..is named Miro by the natives of New Zealand. 1835W. Yate Acc. N. Zealand (ed. 2) 45 Miro..grows to the height of from forty to sixty feet, with a diameter of not more than thirty inches. 1875T. Laslett Timber 308 The miro-tree is found in slightly elevated situations in many of the forests in New Zealand. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 19 When the red miro berries were ripe..the Maori smiled. Ibid., On the ranges of the interior there are certain waterless districts, where the miro is abundant. 1926H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira (ed. 2) 99 Black pine, miro. 1966Encycl. N.Z. II. 568/2 Miro was known and cherished by the Maoris because of its fleshy covered fruit, about an inch long, on which the native pigeon feeds... Miro is found in lowland forests throughout North, South, and Stewart Islands. 1971Daily Tel. 23 Dec. 3/7 [On Pitcairn Island] Henry may give Warren..a block of scarce miro wood for carving.
▪ II. miro, n.2|ˈmɪərəʊ|
Also miro-miro, 9 mirro mirro.
[Maori, adopted as a generic name by R. P. Lesson in Traité d'Ornithologie (1831) 389.]
Either of two New Zealand flycatchers of the genus Petroica, the black-and-white tomtit, P. macrocephala, or the greyish-brown New Zealand robin, P. (formerly Miro) australis.
1843J. E. Gray in E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. 191 Miro Forsterorum..Turdus minutus..Mirro mirro of the natives of Queen Charlotte's Sound. 1848R. Taylor Leaf from Nat. Hist. N.Z. 9/1 Miromiro, small land bird, very tame; can be caught by the hand. 1879Trans. N.Z. Inst. XII. 119 The miro-miro is the little Petroica toitoi, which runs up and down trees peering for minute insects in the cavities in the bark. 1930W. R. B. Oliver N.Z. Birds 458 Genus Petroica..Distinguished from Miro by its smaller size. Ibid. 460 White-breasted Tit. Miromiro. 1966R. A. Falla et al. Field Guide to Birds N.Z. 200 Tomtit... Other names: Miromiro (North Island). |