mehoriki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Moriori mehoriki.

Noun

mehoriki

  1. Alternative form of moeriki.

Moriori

Noun

mehoriki

  1. An extinct bird, Dieffenbach's rail (†Gallirallus dieffenbachii).

References

  • Shand, Alexander (1894), “The Moriori People of the Chatham Islands: Their Traditions and History”, in The Journal of the Polynesian Society‎[1]
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