nene

[ ney-ney ]

noun,plural ne·ne.
  1. a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.

Origin of nene

1
First recorded in 1900–05, nene is from the Hawaiian word nēnē

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nene

/ (ˈneɪˌneɪ) /


noun
  1. a rare black-and-grey short-winged Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, having partly webbed feet

Origin of nene

1
from Hawaiian

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