cahow

Etymology

Imitative of its cry.

cahow means An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.“The cahow was known to colonists in Bermuda during the early part of the seventeenth century, and these people relied on it quite heavily for food.”