1. n. Perhaps Laysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis); it breeds on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Niʻihau, and Moku Manu. See song, Elbert and Mahoe 65. Kaʻupu hehi ʻale, billow-treading kaʻupu. (PCP takupu.)
2. n. A native rather narrow fern (Polystichum hillebrandii) with scaly stems, the fronds twice divided. Also papaʻoi.
s. Name of a large black bird the size of a turkey, found mostly on Nihoa and Kaula.
A large black bird the size of a turkey, found mostly on the islands of Nihoa and Kaula. A kind of fishing eagle.
Large black bird, turkey-sized, found largely on Nihoa and Kaʻula. (A.) Perhaps it is the Laysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis). Kaʻupu hehi ʻale, a billow treading kaʻupu. (PE.) See mōlī. The bird skins that hung from the crossbar of the ban- ner of Lono-i-ka-makahiki are said to be of the kaʻupu bird, which was one of the kinolau or earthly forms of Lono. Hawai- ian culturists, not ornithologists, call these kaʻupu gannet or booby birds. (KILO.)
E huli iā “kaʻupu” ma Ulukau.
Search for “kaʻupu” on Ulukau.