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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 gallinulesplay

  Familiarity information: TAKAHE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAKAHE (noun)


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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