kotukun.
/ˈkɔːtəkuː/, /ˈkəʊtəkuː/, U.S. /ˈkɔdəˌku/, /ˈkɑdəˌku/, /ˈkoʊdəˌku/, New Zealand English /ˈkoːtʌkʌ/, /ˈkʌudəkuː/ New Zealand.
The white heron, Egretta alba.
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white heron1575
snowy heron1785
white egret1828
kotuku1846
1846 C. Heaphy Jrnl. 23 Apr. in N. M. Taylor Early Travellers N.Z. (1959) 218 Shot a very fine koatuku, or white heron.
1882 W. L. Buller Man. Birds N.Z. 52 The White Heron occurs so sparingly in most parts of New Zealand that ‘rare as the Kotuku’ has passed into a proverb among the Maoris.
1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. xii. 284 Feathers of the..heron (kotuku) were also valued.
1963 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 26 Oct. In the..action shots..are the..kaka and spectacular kotuku or white heron.
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