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kewe

Bingham

kéwe

vi. to lie, to falsify.
n. a lie.

kéwe

n. a porpoise.
n. a bird, the.

keewee

a. not will furnished or provided or finished off, in bad taste.

Sabatier

kewe

n. (1) a bird (Bristle thighed Curlew).
n. (2) a porpoise with pointed snout.

kewe1

n. a lie, fraud, fiction, artifice.
va. kewe, kekewe, kewekewe: to lie, to deceive.
n. liar, deceiver.
te tia-kewe: the liar.
ex. te tia kewekewe: braggart, liar, inveterate liar.

Goo & Banner

kewe

sn. Numenius tahitiensis.
n. <bird> bristle thighed curlew (Adults have the upperparts speckled with light and dark browns; The underparts are pale buff, almost white under the tail; The plumage has a distinct rufous tinge, and in summer breeding males have stronger reddish-brown on the neck and breast. There is a pale line along the midcrown and another above each eye and a dark brown line through each eye so that the head has a very striped appearance; The bill is pink at the base... to grey towards the tip, curved strongly downwards and 4-5 inches long; The legs are long, steely blue-grey in color and there is a short hind toe.) (aa).

Topics: Birds, Shells and sea creatures, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner)