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kahawai

1. (noun) kahawai, Arripis trutta - an edible greenish-blue to silvery-white schooling coastal fish with dark markings and spots. Elongated body with a high front dorsal fin.

E hoa, e mōhio ana koe ki te whakataukī mō tēnā, 'He wahine kei uta, he kahawai kei te wai' (TW 30/12/1876:495). / Friend, you know the saying about that, 'A woman on land, a kahawai in the sea' [unpredictable].

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kāhawai

1. (noun) Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia - a very large silver-grey tern with a massive red bill tipped black and yellow.

See also taranui

koko kahawai

1. (noun) kahawai landing net - large and spoon-shaped.

koria

1. (noun) fry of kahawai, young of kahawai, Arripis trutta.

Ko te koria te ingoa o te poto kahawai. / 'Koria' is the name of kahawai young.

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tāhuri

1. (noun) fry of kahawai, young of kahawai, Arripis trutta.

tāroto

1. (noun) fry of kahawai, young of kahawai, Arripis trutta.

kūngongingongi

1. (noun) kahawai, Arripis trutta - an edible greenish-blue to silvery-white schooling coastal fish with dark markings and spots. Elongated body with a high front dorsal fin.

See also kahawai

Synonyms: kōpūhuri, kōukauka

kōhere

1. (noun) young kahawai, Arripis trutta - an edible greenish-blue to silvery-white schooling coastal fish with dark markings and spots. Elongated body with a high front dorsal fin.

hāpukupuku

1. (noun) young kahawai, Arripis trutta - an edible greenish-blue to silvery-white schooling coastal fish with dark markings and spots. Elongated body with a high front dorsal fin.

kōpūhuri

1. (noun) kahawai, Arripis trutta - an edible greenish-blue to silvery-white schooling coastal fish with dark markings and spots. Elongated body with a high front dorsal fin.

See also kahawai

Synonyms: kūngongingongi, kōukauka

kōukauka

1. (noun) kahawai, Arripis trutta - an edible greenish-blue to silvery-white schooling coastal fish with dark markings and spots. Elongated body with a high front dorsal fin.

See also kahawai

Synonyms: kōpūhuri, kūngongingongi

kōwaitau

1. (noun) young of kahawaiArripis trutta - an edible greenish-blue to silvery-white schooling coastal fish with dark markings and spots. Elongated body with a high front dorsal fin.

kōwerewere

1. (noun) young of kahawaiArripis trutta - an edible greenish-blue to silvery-white schooling coastal fish with dark markings and spots. Elongated body with a high front dorsal fin.

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