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kukuluaeʻo

/ kukulu.aeʻo / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvi., Stilts; to walk on stilts.

2. n., Hawaiian stilt bird (Himantopus himantopus 🌐). Figuratively, a thin, long-legged person.

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kikino, Stilt, either the bird or the toy.

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kukuluaeo

/ KU-KU-LU-A-E-O / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., The name of a bird with long legs.

2. A person walking on stilts.

3. The name of the stilts; he ohe kahi laau hana ia i mea kukuluaeo.

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kukuluaeo

/ kū'-kū'-lŭ-ā-e'o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Stilts.

2. n., A very thin person with very long legs.

3. n., Name of a bird, the Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus knudseni). Back and wings deep black with gloss of green. Bill black; legs very long, hence its name.

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Kukuluaeo

/ ku'-kulu-ā'eo / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

stilt plover. Land section, Oahu.

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Kukuluāeʻo

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Tract formerly fronting Kewalo Basin, Honolulu, Oʻahu, containing marshes, salt pans, and small fishponds.

  • Lit., Hawaiian stilt (bird).

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Person walking on stilts; stilts.

Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni). Native to the Hawaiian Islands and considered an endangered species. The term is also applied to a person walking on stilts. See āeʻo.

stilts: the stilt bird.

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