"amaui" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: amauis [plural]
Etymology: A corruption of Manu a Maui Head templates: {{en-noun}} amaui (plural amauis)
  1. An extinct species of Hawaiian thrush, formerly having the taxon Phaeornis palmeri but now classified as Myadestes oahuensis.
    Sense id: en-amaui-en-noun-3upoN9NR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The 1800s naturalists Bloxam, Andrews, and Dole noted that the original name of the thrushes on all the islands was Amaui and that the different island names were merely corruptions of this—so that the names of the individual species are all phonetically quite similar —we have Kamao on Kauai; Omao on Hawaii; Olomao on Maui, Molokai, and Lanai; and Amaui on Oahu.",
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