Meaning of tui | Babel Free

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1. A town in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
2. Initialism of text-based user interface or terminal user interface.
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3. A species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand.
4. Initialism of tangible user interface.
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5. Initialism of touch user interface.
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“[A]ll was quiet, beautiful, and serene; the only sounds which broke the calm were the wild notes of the tooe (or New Zealand blackbird), the splashing of our own⟳ oars, or the occasional flight of a wild duck (or shag), disturbed by our approach⟳.”

“The most frequently visible of these feathered denizens of the forest is the Tui (Prostemadera novæ Zelandiæ), called 'the parson' by Captain [James] Cook⟳, in consequence of its having two white feathers in the lower part of its neck resembling bands. In colour and shape⟳ it is very like⟳ the kingfisher, and its melodious notes present⟳ great variety.”

“Mr. Charles Enderby showed us a New Zealand Tui, or parson-bird, in a glass case, which he had kept alive in England for two years.”

“The Pigeon (Carpophaga Novæ Zealandiæ) and Tui or Parson Bird (Prosthemadera Novæ Zealandiæ) are certain also to become⟳ rare birds. Elsewhere on the run⟳ food-supply and breeding accommodation alike will have⟳ been swept clear. A few pair of each will nevertheless maintain⟳ themselves in the gorges. The Tui will then as now haunt the homestead and shelter-belts when in mid-winter the eucalypts break⟳ into flower.”

“But it was the Tui Marina end⟳ that lingers in the memory. It was haunted by tuis, great insolent Carusos, who would half throw⟳ a note⟳ and then break⟳ off in the middle in sheer delight at their own⟳ marvellousness or in sudden greed.”

“On these two large islands [New Zealand], the native biota lacks many angiosperm and insect groups found routinely elsewhere, and the native flowers (about 80% endemic) are strongly dominated by rather dull white generalist forms, with flies, small moths, and beetles visiting: there are just a few bee- and bird-pollinated examples (visited mainly by bellbirds and tuis), and no native butterfly flowers.”

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