cahow

English

Etymology

Imitative of its cry.

Noun

cahow (plural cahows)

1. An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.

   Synonym: Bermuda petrel

   • 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 60:

     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.