amakihi
noun
ama·ki·hi
| \ ˌä-mä-ˈkē-hē
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plural amakihi
or amakihis
Definition of amakihi
: any of several species of small yellowish- to grayish-green birds (genus Hemignathus synonym Viridonia synonym Loxops) that are Hawaiian honeycreepers which have curved bills and long tube-shaped tongues and which feed especially on nectar and insects
We hear the buzzy call of the amakihi, but cannot spot the yellow-green bird.— Milly Boren, New York Times, 31 May 1988
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