English Explanatory Dictionary

fatu-liva

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fictional bird invented as a hoax in the 1920s, said to lay cubical spotted eggs resembling dice.

Word forms

fatu-liva fatu-livas

Etymology

Perhaps named from the island of Fatu Hiva, which means "strange rock" in the Marquesan language.

Related words

gillygaloo
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