Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The purple coot, or water-hen, Porphyrio melanotus, of New Zealand.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
pūkeko .
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Examples
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There was a popular free sampling of non-protected pukeko - described as tasting like a cross between wild pork and venison - from a local cull.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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The festival will be offering free samples of pukeko from a cull of the birds on the West Coast where they are considered a pest by some farmers and landowners.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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If you fancy a taste of pukeko swamp hen, known to many Kiwis for its often-fatal motorway incursions, head to the Wild Foods Festival in Hokitika next month.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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She said every year pukeko were culled on the Coast because of the damage they did to grain and vegetable crops.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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It is a flightless bird similar to a pukeko that lives in the grasslands of alpine areas.
ScreenTalk 2010
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