akiapolaau

Or 'a·ki·a·po·la·'au

[ah-kee-ah-poh-lah-ou]

noun

1. a rare yellow Hawaiian honeycreeper, Hemignathus munroi, having a long slender down-curved upper bill and a short straight lower bill.

Word History and Origins

Origin of akiapolaau¹

First recorded in 1900–05; from Hawaiian ʿakiapolaʿau