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chúufish bald eagle; or white-tailed kite; "fish-hawk"
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1215 | revised Mar 21 2006
chúufish • N • bald eagle; or white-tailed kite; "fish-hawk" Elanus leucurus (ITIS).
Derivative (1)
chufishnêev "feathers from fishhawk's armpit, tied on stick and worn in hair by assistant priest"
Source: WB 313, p.331; JPH ani 06:629
Note: JPH/JF ani 06:629 calls this the condor, Gymnogyps californianus.
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