ruru

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


Maori name for the New Zealand bird,the More-pork, Athene novae-zelandiae,Gmel. (q.v.).

1883. F. S. Renwick, `Betrayed,' p. 45:

«The ruru's voice re-echoes, desolate.»