n., pl., hokku.
A haiku.
[Japanese : hotsu, to start, give rise to (from Middle Chinese puat) + ku, phrase, haiku; see haiku.]
hokku
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hok·ku (hō'kū) 
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n., pl., hokku.
A haiku.
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