korimakon.
/kɒrɪˈmɑːkəʊ/, /kɔːrɪˈmakəʊ/, U.S. /ˌkɔriˈmɑkoʊ/, /ˌkɑriˈmɑkoʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈkorimʌko/, /ˈkɒrəmʌkʌu/, /kɒrəˈmʌːkʌu/ New Zealand.
A New Zealand honey-eater, the bell-bird, Anthornis melanura.
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1855 R. Taylor Te Ika a Maui 75 In the first oven a korimako was cooked.
1863 A. 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.
1872 A. Domett Ranolf & Amohia 202 The Korimáko, sweetest bird Of all that are in forest heard.
1873 W. L. Buller Hist. Birds N.Z. 94 Certain forest-ranges were famed as Korimako preserves.
1889 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1888 21 213 In fine weather the bush along the south shores of Lake Brunner re-echoes with the rich notes of the tui and korimako.
1930 W. R. B. Oliver N.Z. Birds 487 Bell Bird. Korimako. Anthornis melanura.
1966 Encycl. N.Z. I. 193/2 Common Maori names for the species [sc. the bellbird] are korimako or makomako.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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