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kāoa

1. (modifier) coral.

He tika, he ika tae kitakita me ētahi atu koiora moana kei ngā ākau kāoa (TWK 36:7). / It's correct that there are brightly coloured fish and other marine life on the coral reef.

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2. (noun) coral.

Kāore he ākau kāoa i Aotearoa nei, engari he kāoa anō ā tātou pēnei i te mea whero nei. Ko te tino kōpuatanga o te moana te wāhi noho o te kāoa whero (TWK 36:13). / There are no coral reefs in New Zealand, but we do have coral like this red one. The very deep part of the sea is the habitat of red coral.

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