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huggermugger
Hughes’ syndrome
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huia

hui·a [ h yə ] (plural hui·a)


noun 
Definition:
 
extinct bird: an extinct bird that had feathers that were much prized by the Maori. Native to: formerly, New Zealand.  Latin name Heteralocha acutirostris.

[Mid-19th century. < Hawaiian; an imitation of its whistling cry]
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