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Definition of Kagu

Kagu
Kagu Ka"gu, n. (Zo["o]l.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern.

Meaning of Kagu from wikipedia

- The kagu or cagou (Rhynochetos jubatus) is a crested, long-legged, and bluish-grey bird endemic to the dense mountain forests of New Caledonia. It is the...
- KAGU (88.7 MHz) is a non-profit FM radio station run by Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. It broadcasts a classical music radio format for the...
- death throes, bears the water goddess Mizuhanome, instructing her to pacify Kagu-tsuchi if he should become violent. This story also contains references to...
- The lowland kagu (Rhynochetos orarius) is a large, extinct species of kagu. It was endemic to the island of New Caledonia in Melanesia in the south-west...
- Shinto god, who was subdued by Takemikazuchi. Some say he was born from Kagu-tsuchi's blood. Amazake-babaa An old woman spirit from Miyagi Prefecture...
- provisionally placed in the Gruiformes, the kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus). Molecular studies seem to confirm that the kagu and sunbittern are each other's closest...
- Telluraves (landbirds) Aequornithes (waterbirds) Eurypygimorphae (sunbittern, kagu and tropicbirds) Otidimorphae (turacos, bustards and cuckoos) Strisores (nightjars...
- Rhynochetos jubatus Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860 – kagu †Rhynochetos orarius Balouet & Olson, 1989 – lowland kagu Kagus are large, flightless birds described as...
- These are the only true Gruiformes. The suborder Eurypygae includes the kagu (Rhynochetidae) and sunbittern (Eurypygidae). These are not even remotely...
- that contains the orders Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) and Eurypygiformes (kagu and sunbittern) recovered by genome analysis. The relationship was first...