taiko

noun — 3 senses

noun

UK /ˈtaɪkəʊ/ · US /ˈtaɪkoʊ/

Etymology Borrowed from Japanese 太鼓 (たいこ taiko), from 太 (tʰàj, “great”) + 鼓 (kú, “drum”).

Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Sports, Sumo, War, Wrestling A traditional drum, beaten by yobidashi to announce the beginning of a tournament, and at the end of each day

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A Japanese drum or a performance of several drummers in an ensemble (also called kumi-daiko).

noun

The Chatham Island taiko (Pterodroma magentae).

The taiko, a gadfly petrel from the Chatham Islands near to New Zealand, was well known to islanders during the nineteenth century, being used by them as a food resource.2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 61:

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