Crossword-Solution: KAGU
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Kagu | n. | 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. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “KAGU”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Bird of New Caledonia | 1 answer |
| Crane-like bird of New Caledonia. | 1 answer |
| Flightless bird of Melanesia. | 1 answer |
| NEW Caledonia bird | 1 answer |
| crested nocturnal bird | 1 answer |
| Flightless bird | 24 answers |
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Sentences with KAGU (5)
The heavenly deity appeared to him in a dream, and instructed him, saying: "Take earth from within the shrine of the heavenly mount Kagu, and of it make eighty heavenly platters.
The earthen jars which are set up shall be called the Idzube or sacred jars, the fire shall be called Idzu no Kagu-tsuchi or sacred-fire-elder, the water shall be called Idzu no Midzu-ha no me or sacred-water-female, the food shall be called Idzuuka no me, or sacred-food-female, the firewood shall be called Idzu no Yama-tsuchi or sacred-mountain-elder, and the grass shall be called Idzu no no-tsuchi or sacred-moor-elder." Winter, 10th month, 1st day.
The Records say that after Izanami's death in giving birth to the Kami of fire, she was buried at Mount Kagu on the confines of Izumo and Hoki.
For instance, the kagu (_Rhinochetus_) of New Caledonia, a queerly specialized form with Gruine affinities pointing only to South America.
And, having performed divination by the shoulder-blade of a stag of Mount Kagu, they uprooted a sacred tree, a _sakaki_, of five hundred branches.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1943–1992).