Korora, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a <i>Blue Penguin</i>, <i>Spheniscus minor</i>, Gmel. See <i>Penguin</i>.
<hw>Korrumburra</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal name for the common blow-fly, which in Australia is a yellow-bottle, not a blue-bottle.
1896. `The Melburnian,' Aug. 28, p. 54:
"Odd `Korrumburras' dodge quickly about with cheerful hum. Where they go, these busy buzzy flies, when the cold calls them away for their winter vac. is a mystery. Can they hibernate? for they show themselves again at the first glint of the spring sun."
<hw>Kotuku</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for the <i>White Crane</i> of the Colonists, which is really a <i>White Heron</i> (<i>Ardea egretta</i>). See <i>Crane</i>.
1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. ii. p. 124:
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<hw>Kotukutuku</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for the New Zealand tree, <i>Fuchsia excorticata</i>, Linn., <i>N.O. Onagrariea</i>; written also <i>Kohutuhutu</i>. This name is not much used, but is corrupted into <i>Tookytook</i> (q.v.). See <i>Konini</i> and <i>Fuchsia</i>.
1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 127:
"Kotukutuku. The fruit is called <i>konini</i>. A small and ornamental tree, ten to thirty feet high . . . a durable timber. . . . The wood might be used as dye-stuff . . . Its fruit is pleasant and forms principal food of the wood-pigeon."