elepaio means any of three species of monarch flycatcher in the genus Chasiempis, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.
Etymology
From Hawaiian ʻelepaio.
noun
- Any of three species of monarch flycatcher in the genus Chasiempis, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.“On these three islands elepaios are our most common native bird.”