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kahawai Play

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].

kāhawai Play

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 Play

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

koria Play

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.

tāhuri Play

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

tāroto Play

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

kūngongingongi Play

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

kōhere Play

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 Play

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 Play

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

kōukauka Play

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

kōwaitau Play

1. (noun) young of 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.

kōwerewere Play

1. (noun) young of 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.

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