tui
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
Origin of tui
1- Also called parson bird.
Words Nearby tui
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How to use tui in a sentence
“Even travel advertisers such as Marriott and tui are coming back into action, hopeful that when we come out of this, they will be top-of-mind,” said Ryan Cook, deputy managing director at video advertising platform Teads.
‘More comfortable with the uncomfortable’: 2021 promises an uneasy sense of déjà vu for advertisers | Seb Joseph | February 1, 2021 | DigidaySoldiers when going to war call on tui for help, and they like to begin a battle on Tuesday.
Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades | Florence HolbrookUt sub anathemate cogam te in regulas servandi corpusculi tui.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV | J. H. Merle D'AubignOmnem conditionem imperii tui, statumque provinci demonstravit mihi Tratorius.
Dderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes | Ludwig DderleinA reach of soil near Mburembasanga was reclaimed by order of the former Roko-tui-ndreketi, and planted regularly by his vassals.
The Fijians | Basil Thomson
Roko tui Tailevu asked that the land should be registered in the name of the tenants subject to his rights as overlord.
The Fijians | Basil Thomson
British Dictionary definitions for tui
/ (ˈtuːɪ) /
a New Zealand honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a glossy bluish-green plumage with white feathers at the throat: it mimics human speech and the songs of other birds
Origin of tui
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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