- an albatross, especially the royal albatross or wandering albatross
“Ka pakaru ngā kākahu, ka tuia he kākahu mō rātou ki te kiri kekeno, he iwi toroa ngā ngira.” — When their clothes were ragged they sewed garments of seal skins and the needles were of albatross bone.
“Me te pōhoi toroa tērā, pūaho ana” — Like the intensely white down of the albatross
- a tuft of albatross down worn as an adornment.
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