kotukun.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːtəkuː/,

/ˈkəʊtəkuː/, U.S.

/ˈkɔdəˌku/,

/ˈkɑdəˌku/,

/ˈkoʊdəˌku/, New Zealand English

/ˈkoːtʌkʌ/,

/ˈkʌudəkuː/

Forms: Also † koatuku.

Etymology: Maori.

New Zealand.

The white heron, Egretta alba.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Egretta (miscellaneous) > egretta alba (great egret)

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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kotuku
释义	kotukun. Brit. /ˈkɔːtəkuː/, /ˈkəʊtəkuː/, U.S. /ˈkɔdəˌku/, /ˈkɑdəˌku/, /ˈkoʊdəˌku/, New Zealand English /ˈkoːtʌkʌ/, /ˈkʌudəkuː/ Forms: Also † koatuku. Etymology: Maori. New Zealand. The white heron, Egretta alba. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Egretta (miscellaneous) > egretta alba (great egret) 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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