kotaren.
/ˈkəʊtəreɪ/, /ˈkɔːtəreɪ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊdəˌreɪ/, New Zealand English /ˈkoːtʌre/, /ˈkoːdəre/, /ˈkʌudəre/ New Zealand.
The native kingfisher, Halcyon sancta.
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1873 W. L. Buller Hist. Birds N.Z. 69 Halcyon vagans. (New-Zealand Kingfisher.)..Native names. Kotare and Kotaretare; ‘Kingfisher’ of the colonists.
1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! II. 221 The Kotare..is a kingfisher.
1930 W. R. B. Oliver N.Z. Birds 430 Sacred Kingfisher. Kotare. Halcyon sanctus.
1968 Landfall 22 249 Like worm in kotare's beak my old maori lies limp.
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