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单词 mohua
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mohuan.

Brit. /ˈmɒhʊə/, /ˈmɒhuːə/, U.S. /ˈmɑˌhʊə/, /ˈmɑˌhuə/, New Zealand English /ˈmohuʌ/, /ˈmɒhuə/, /ˈmɒhuːə/
Forms: 1800s mohoua, 1900s– mohua.
Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori mohua.
Etymology: < Maori mohua.According to H. W. Williams Dict. Maori Lang. (ed. 7, 1971), the Maori names for the bird also include momohua and mōhuahua; the latter is found earlier in an English-language source than the unreduplicated form, but recording Maori usage:1843 J. E. Gray in E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. x. 189 Mohoua ochrocephala... Mohoua houa of the natives of Tasman Bay... Popokatea, natives of Cook's Straits.
New Zealand.
The yellowhead, Mohoua ochrocephala (family Pachycephalidae or Acanthizidae), a rare New Zealand songbird with a yellow head and underparts, found only in South Island.
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1870 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1869 2 57 Mohoua ochrocephala..Mohoua. Canary.
1966 R. A. Falla et al. Field Guide Birds N.Z. 210 Yellowhead... Mohua, Bush Canary.
1996 N.Z. Jrnl. Zool. 23 287 Predator control will be required to save many mohua (Mohoua ochrocephala) populations from extinction.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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