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sha•ma
(shä′mə),USA pronunciation n.
- Birdsa slender long-tailed thrush, Copsychus malabaricus, of southern Asia and introduced into Hawaii, having black plumage with a white rump and tail sides and a chestnut belly.
- Hindi śāmā
- said to be 1830–40
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