n. an extinct honey-eating bird of Hawaii whose feathers were used in ceremonial robes.
<The Oo trophy is now so rare that the Bishop Museum in Honolulu keeps a solitary taxidermy specimen in a dark safe. If you happen to be in England, you may see a cape once worn by Hawaiian kings made of 20,000 bright yellow Oo thigh feathers at the Pitt-Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford. —Marcie Carroll, The Unofficial Guide to Maui.>
n. an island in the Marshall Islands.
oo.
pron. you.
<Oo never heard such a sad little song. —Lewis Carroll, Sylvie and Bruno.>
oo-aaaaa.
n. the “deep, wailing, drawn-out” cry of the Satyr Tragopan, as described in Birds of Nepal by Richard Grimmett.
oo-EEE-ooo.
n. a swelling in a musical performance.
<The quartet swelled oo-EEE-ooo between the verses. —Mark Childress, Tender.>
Ooa.
n. a reef in French Polynesia.
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