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apapane
or 'a·pa·pa·ne
[ ah-pah-pah-ney ]
noun
- a small, deep crimson Hawaiian honeycreeper, Himatione sanguinea, having black wings, tail, and bill.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of apapane1
First recorded in 1830–40; from Hawaiian ʿapapane
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Example Sentences
Some bird populations on the Big Island, including the apapane and amakihi, have shown signs of resistance to disease.
From Washington Times
He produced a photo of a brilliant red bird — an apapane — and asked if anyone knew its name.
From Washington Times
The forest they were in was a quilt, he explained, stitched together by honeycreepers like the apapane and iiwi as they drank nectar and scattered seeds.
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Immediately, we hear the songs of native apapane, amakihi and i’iwi.
From New York Times
A rat destroying an apapane nest in a hapu’u, a native tree fern, about 10 feet up.
From New York Times
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