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单词 ooaa
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ooaan.

Brit. /ˌəʊəʊˈɑːɑː/, U.S. /ˈoʊˌoʊˈɑˌɑ/
Forms: 1900s– ooaa, 1900s– o-o-aa, 1900s– o-o-a-a.
Origin: A borrowing from Hawaiian. Etymon: Hawaiian ʽōʽō-ʽāʽā.
Etymology: < Hawaiian ʽōʽō-ʽāʽā Kauai oo < ʽōʽō oo n.2 + ‘ā‘ā dwarf.
The Kauai oo, Moho braccatus, which is believed to have become extinct in the late 1980s.
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1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. O-o-a-a, a bird of the family Meliphagidae (Acrulocercus braccatus), confined to the island of Kauai.
1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 376/2 The O-o-aa Moho braccatus of Hawaii is predominantly insectivorous and searches for food by climbing the boles of trees like a woodpecker.
1985 C. M. Perrins & A. L. A. Middleton Encycl. Birds 399/2 Species and genera include: Noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), ooaa..(Moho braccatus), [etc.].
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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