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TAKAHE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does takahe mean?
• TAKAHE (noun)
The noun TAKAHE has 1 sense:
1. flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules
Familiarity information: TAKAHE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
notornis; Notornis mantelli; takahe
Hypernyms ("takahe" is a kind of...):
rail (any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud)
Holonyms ("takahe" is a member of...):
genus Notornis (a genus of Rallidae)
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