matukun.

Brit.

/ˈmatəkuː/, U.S.

/ˈmædəku/, New Zealand English

/ˈmʌtuku/,

/ˈmʌdəkuː/

Forms: 1800s matook, 1800s matou cou, 1800s matuka, 1800s– matuku.

Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori matuku.

Etymology: < Maori matuku.

New Zealand.

1. A slate-grey form of the eastern reef egret Egretta sacra ( Ardea sacra), found on the coasts of Australasia and South-East Asia. Also called reef heron, blue heron.

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

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1843 J. E. Gray in E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. 196 Herodias matook... Matook of the natives of Queen Charlotte's Sound... Matou cou.

1862 A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 23 Nov. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. xiii. 803 In the afn. [sc. afternoon] while..sitting on the beach among the rocks..a matuku, a small blue heron, came down near us.

1904 F. W. Hutton & J. Drummond Animals N.Z. 192 The Blue Heron—Matuku. Demiegretta sacra..is a coast bird.

1946 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 55 153 Matuku, two birds, 1, Botaurus poeciloptilus, bittern, and 2, Demigretta sacra, blue-heron.

2. The Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus, found in marshlands of New Zealand and southern Australia.

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1847 N.Z. Jrnl. 7 218 A Raupo swamp below me..the favourite haunt of the Matuka, or bittern.

1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! II. vi. 221 The Matuku (Botaurus pœciloptilus) is a bittern, long-legged and billed.

1907 J. Drummond Life R. J. Seddon 374 Listen to the sullen matuku, The bittern that bellows in the swamp.

1957 P. Moncrieff N.Z. Birds (ed. 5) 113 Blue Heron..matuku.

1990 Checklist Birds N.Z. 93 Botaurus poiciloptilus..Australasian bittern (matuku).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	matuku
释义	matukun. Brit. /ˈmatəkuː/, U.S. /ˈmædəku/, New Zealand English /ˈmʌtuku/, /ˈmʌdəkuː/ Forms: 1800s matook, 1800s matou cou, 1800s matuka, 1800s– matuku. Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori matuku. Etymology: < Maori matuku. New Zealand. 1. A slate-grey form of the eastern reef egret Egretta sacra ( Ardea sacra), found on the coasts of Australasia and South-East Asia. Also called reef heron, blue heron. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Egretta (miscellaneous) gaulina1705 aigrette1772 blue heron1777 paddy1777 matuku1843 paddy bird1843 switching necka1869 1843 J. E. Gray in E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. 196 Herodias matook... Matook of the natives of Queen Charlotte's Sound... Matou cou. 1862 A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 23 Nov. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. xiii. 803 In the afn. [sc. afternoon] while..sitting on the beach among the rocks..a matuku, a small blue heron, came down near us. 1904 F. W. Hutton & J. Drummond Animals N.Z. 192 The Blue Heron—Matuku. Demiegretta sacra..is a coast bird. 1946 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 55 153 Matuku, two birds, 1, Botaurus poeciloptilus, bittern, and 2, Demigretta sacra, blue-heron. 2. The Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus, found in marshlands of New Zealand and southern Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Botaurus (bittern) > miscellaneous types of American bitternc1330 bitternc1330 shitepoke1775 dunkadooa1813 matuku1847 stake-driver1872 thunder-pumper1877 1847 N.Z. Jrnl. 7 218 A Raupo swamp below me..the favourite haunt of the Matuka, or bittern. 1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! II. vi. 221 The Matuku (Botaurus pœciloptilus) is a bittern, long-legged and billed. 1907 J. Drummond Life R. J. Seddon 374 Listen to the sullen matuku, The bittern that bellows in the swamp. 1957 P. Moncrieff N.Z. Birds (ed. 5) 113 Blue Heron..matuku. 1990 Checklist Birds N.Z. 93 Botaurus poiciloptilus..Australasian bittern (matuku). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843
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