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Kairuku
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Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from mul mi kairuku, from mi kai food + mi ruku to diveDaniel T. Ksepka R. Ewan Fordyce Tatsuro Ando Craig M. Jones New fossil penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Oligocene of New Zealand reveal the skeletal plan of stem penguins Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology March 2012 32 2 235–254 Taylor & Francis, Ltd. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41515052
Proper noun
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genus order Sphenisciformes extinct penguins from New Zealand during the late oligocene
Synonyms
†Palaeeudyptes genus
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