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tui Definition


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tui
noun
    tuis
    1. A type of New Zealand honey-eater that has glossy black feathers with a distinctive tuft of white ones at its throat, renowned as a mimic of human voices and of other songbirds. Also called parson bird.
Etymology: 19c: the Maori name for this bird.



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