kuku

/ (kuːkuː) /

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noun plural kuku NZ

another name for New Zealand pigeon

a mussel

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Word Origin for kuku

Māori

Words nearby kuku

Ku Kluxer, Ku Kluxism, Ku Klux Klan, kukri, Kuksu, kuku, kukui, Kuku Nor, kula, kulak, kulan

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How to use kuku in a sentence

From there, the local authorities transported the group to Kuku, an uninhabited island, and left them there.
Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus|Katie Baker|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The same green herbs that appear in sabzi polow are invited back for an encore in a frittata-like egg dish known as kuku sabzi.
Persian New Year Celebration With Author Azar Nafisi|Karen Fragala Smith|March 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It is the private property of your true hosts, the 7,000 Maasai who own the Kuku Group Ranch.
Eco-Chic Safari|Sophie Menin|July 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The partnership between the Belpietros of Lombardi and the Maasai of the Kuku Group Ranch is nothing short of remarkable.
Eco-Chic Safari|Sophie Menin|July 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Kuba may have arisen independently, or have been derived from the Bantu kuku.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various
The kuku is a small green turtle-dove, very common in the islands, and called also u'u and kukupa.
White Shadows in the South Seas|Frederick O'Brien
He had gone by the whale-boat of Special Agent Bauda to an adjoining deserted island to shoot kuku.
White Shadows in the South Seas|Frederick O'Brien
He seemed to be raving a great deal, and wound up the first part with, Nao kuku daure (Foreign tobacco is bad).
Adventures in New Guinea|James Chalmers
Nawangsì ang tibuuk kung kuku, My whole fingernail got turned up.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff