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maki

1. (noun) orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca - a large, black-and-white dolphin with a tall, vertical, sharply triangular dorsal fin in the male and shorter, slightly hooked fin in the female.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 3-4;)

See also kākahi

Synonyms: kākahi, kera wēra

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