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n., Hawaiian duck (Anas wyvilliana 🌐).

• Formerly on all main islands except Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe; in 1976 common only on Kauaʻi; birds raised in capitivity and released have been seen on Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi; considered endangered in 1978.
• Koloa birds protected a legendary blind giant, Imaikalani, and quacked to warn him from which side he might expect an attack (FS 169).
• Related:
  • Also: koloa maoli, native koloa, to distinguish it from migratory or introduced ducks, also called koloa.
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  • PPN toloa.

v., To pull; to drag along. See koko and kauo.

1. s., A duck; specifically, a muscovy duck.

2. Literally, long cane. This fact of long cane is said to have given a name to a district on Kauai.

1. n., A duck; specifically, a muscovy duck.

2. n., [Literally, long cane.] Name of a long cane fashioned like a shepherd's crook and used as a weapon to assail or defend. This long cane is said to have given a name to a district on Kauai.

n., A district on the island of Kauai.

wild duck. Village. Kauai.

Hawaiian duck (Anas wyvilliana). Indigenous to all the main Hawaiian islands, inhabiting coastal lagoons, marshes, ponds, and mountain streams. Facing extinction, it has recently been reared in captivity and successfully released on Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi. The native nonmigratory duck is called koloa maoli.

wild duck.