puna?"
1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. ii.
p. 113:
"I asked his permission to ascend Tonga Riro . . . But he
steadily refused, saying, `I would do anything else to show
you my love and friendship, but you must not ascend my tepuna,
or ancestor.'"
1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 202:
"Tupuna, to stand, to spring; an ancestor; hence Tu-pu, to
grow."
1863. F. Maning (Pakeha Maori), `Old New Zealand,' p. 196:
"One evening a smart, handsome lad came to tell me his
tupuna was dying . . . The tribe were ke poto or
assembled to the last man about the dying chief."
Turbot, n. The name is given to
a New Zealand fish, called also Lemon-Sole (q.v.)
or Yellow-belly (q.v.), Ammotretis guntheri.
1876. `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,' vol. viii.
p. 215:
"Turbot--a fish not uncommon in the Dunedin market, where it
goes by the name of `lemon-sole.'"
Turkey, n. This common English bird-name is
applied in Australia to three birds, viz.--
(1) To the bird Eupodotis australis, Gray, which
is a true Bustard, but which is variously called the
Native Turkey, Plain Turkey (from its frequenting
the plains), and Wild Turkey.
(2) To the bird Talegalla lathami, Gould, called
the Brush Turkey (from its frequenting the brushes),
Wattled Turkey and Wattled Talegalla (from its
fleshy wattles), and sometimes, simply, Talegalla.
By Latham it was mistaken for a Vulture, and classed by him
as the New Holland Vulture. (`General History of Birds,'
1821, vol. i. p. 32.)
(3) To the bird Leipoa ocellata, Gould, called the
Scrub-Turkey (from its frequenting the Scrubs, the
Lowan (its aboriginal name), the Native Pheasant
(of South Australia); in the Mallee district it is called
Mallee-bird, Mallee-fowl, Mallee-hen.
In the following quotations the number of the bird referred
to is placed in square brackets at the end.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 14:
"We passed several nests of the Brush-Turkey (Talegalla
Lathami, Gould)." [2.]
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 260:
"Several native bustards (Otis Novae Hollandiae,
Gould) were shot." [1.]
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. vi. pl. 4:
"Otis Australasianus, Gould, Australia
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