hoiho

English

Etymology

From Maori hoiho.

Noun

hoiho (plural hoihos)

  1. The yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes.
    • 2018, Murdo MacLeod, The Guardian, 12 March:
      With an 80% loss rate for each year’s chicks, the hoiho’s existence is in peril.

Translations
yellow-eyed penguin — see yellow-eyed penguin
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