kereru

British

/ kɛrɛruː /

noun

another name for New Zealand pigeon

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Etymology

Origin of kereru

Māori

Example Sentences

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It must have taken some imaginative power to turn pi-waka-waka into "diggowaghwagh," and kereru into "haggarreroo," but they achieved these triumphs.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

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