ruru

/ (ˈruːruː) /

noun

NZ another name for mopoke

Word Origin for ruru

Māori

Words nearby ruru

rurality, ruralize, rurik, ruritania, ruritanian, ruru, rus, rus in urbe, rus., ruse, rush

Example sentences from the Web for ruru

  • The outward and visible sign or incarnation (aria) of Te Ua's deity was a ruru, or owl.

    The adventures of Kimble Bent |James Cowan

  • Said Ruru: “I will resign half of my own life so that my beloved may be restored unto me.”

    Indian Myth and Legend |Donald Alexander Mackenzie

  • Ruru stole away alone and went to a solitary place in the forest where he wept aloud.

    Indian Myth and Legend |Donald Alexander Mackenzie

  • That the path of the ruru deer pink with withered leaves bedewed with blood that has been shed.

    The Kadambari of Bana |Bana