"fatu-liva" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fatu-livas [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps named from the island of Fatu Hiva, which means "strange rock" in the Marquesan language. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fatu-liva (plural fatu-livas)
  1. A fictional bird invented as a hoax in the 1920s, said to lay cubical spotted eggs resembling dice. Wikipedia link: fatu-liva Related terms: gillygaloo
    Sense id: en-fatu-liva-en-noun-N47BHOc2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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