akiapolaau
or 'a·ki·a·po·la·'au
[ ah-kee-ah-poh-lah-ou ]
noun
a rare yellow Hawaiian honeycreeper, Hemignathus munroi, having a long slender down-curved upper bill and a short straight lower bill.
Origin of akiapolaau
1First recorded in 1900–05; from Hawaiian ʿakiapolaʿau
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