Examples of “mamo” in a Sentence

noun Either of two now-extinct Hawaiian honeycreeper species (genus Drepanis), prized historically for their yellow feathers.

• The plaintive whistle of the Hawai‘i mamo, a shy bird then found only on Hawai‘i Island, was heard only rarely by the mid-1880s, as cattle ranching and plantations altered the forest canopies where this nectar-loving finch once thrived. — Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom (2012)
• The last confirmed mamo sighting was in the early 20th century.
• Feathers from the mamo once adorned Hawaiian royal cloaks.