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Kagu

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Ka′gu

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Noun.
(Zool.)
A singular, crested, grallatorial bird
(Rhinochetos jubatus)
, native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern.

Definition 2024

kagu

kagu

See also: kägu

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

Noun

kagu ‎(plural kagus)

  1. A New Caledonian endemic bird species, Rhynochetos jubatus, the only surviving member of the family Rhynochetidae.

Translations

Estonian

Etymology

Cognate to Finnish kaakko ‎(“south-east”) and Ingrian kakkoi ‎(“south-east”). Most likely the same root as in kakerdama ‎(“to move in an uncertain manner”).

Noun

kagu ‎(genitive kagu, partitive kagu)

  1. southeast

Declension

Finnish

Noun

kagu

  1. kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus)

Declension

Inflection of kagu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative kagu kagut
genitive kagun kagujen
partitive kagua kaguja
illative kaguun kaguihin
singular plural
nominative kagu kagut
accusative nom. kagu kagut
gen. kagun
genitive kagun kagujen
partitive kagua kaguja
inessive kagussa kaguissa
elative kagusta kaguista
illative kaguun kaguihin
adessive kagulla kaguilla
ablative kagulta kaguilta
allative kagulle kaguille
essive kaguna kaguina
translative kaguksi kaguiksi
instructive — kaguin
abessive kagutta kaguitta
comitative — kaguineen

Japanese

Romanization

kagu

  1. rōmaji reading of かぐ

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