alala
1
9.9
- noun
- /əˈlɑːlə/
- Specialized
:
alala
- In my mind, I trace the alala's flight loop through the branches, circling through the trunks, to where he's now eating.
- Hawaiian crow
Examples
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As if in answer, an alala leaps from its branch and opens its broad wings.
Fiction book (1997) -
The alala in a small leaf-strewn clearing, lit as if for a play, regard us.
Fiction book (1997) -
"I can call the alala out of the trees," he tells me.
Fiction book (1997) -
The alala look down at us.
Fiction book (1997) -
I have a responsibility to care for them, just as I do for the 'alala."
Fiction book (1997) -
Alala must be the most human of birds.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Even so," Mr. Blanchard says, "my 'alala live in the environment they have always lived in.
Fiction book (1997) -
We move carefully, looking up into the silent trees, empty of alala.
Fiction book (1997) -
This is the Alala, the Hawaiian crow, and it was on the island of Hawaii.
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The alala, also known as the Hawaiian crow, is a rare species found only in Hawaii.
How Rare
102
3.6
- Specialized
1
9.9
50
3.2
- Informal
1
7.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alala for the Hawaiian crow comes from the Hawaiian name alalā, which copies the bird's loud call, so the bird is simply named after its cry.