taraute
1. (loan) (noun) trout, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), brown trout (Oncorhynchus trutta) - introduced freshwater fish highly valued for food and game.
tarauta
1. (loan) (noun) trout, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), brown trout (Oncorhynchus trutta) - introduced freshwater fish highly valued for food and game.
E kīia ana, kua tae mai ngā ika o Karapōnia, e kīa nei, he tarauta (e pēnei ana me te kōkopu wai māori a te Māori) ā kua tukua atu aua ika ki tētahi o ngā roto i Waikato (TW 2/11/1878:546). / It is reported that fish from California have arrived, which are called trout (and are like the Maori’s fresh water kōkopu) and those fish have been released in one of the lakes in Waikato.
Synonyms: taraute
upokororo
1. (noun) New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus - a small slender fish, silvery, sometimes with a reddish back. Was caught in large numbers and found only in lowland rivers and streams. They spawned in freshwater streams and developing to maturity in saltwater. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm. Although once common in Aotearoa/New Zealand streams, it is now extinct, possibly because of the introduction of trout.
Ka hīia te hāpuku, te warehou, te tāmure, te upokororo ki Te Tai Rāwhiti (Te Ara 2011). / Groper, warehou and snapper were caught, and grayling were caught on the East Coast.
nehe
1. (noun) young New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus - a small slender fish, silvery, sometimes with a reddish back. Was caught in large numbers and found only in lowland rivers and streams. They spawned in freshwater streams and developing to maturity in saltwater. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm. Although once common in Aotearoa/New Zealand streams, it is now extinct, possibly because of the introduction of trout.
paneroro
1. (noun) New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus - a small slender fish, silvery, sometimes with a reddish back. Was caught in large numbers and found only in lowland rivers and streams. They spawned in freshwater streams and developing to maturity in saltwater. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm. Although once common in Aotearoa/New Zealand streams, it is now extinct, possibly because of the introduction of trout.
pokororo
1. (noun) New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus - a small slender fish, silvery, sometimes with a reddish back. Was caught in large numbers and found only in lowland rivers and streams. They spawned in freshwater streams and developing to maturity in saltwater. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm. Although once common in Aotearoa/New Zealand streams, it is now extinct, possibly because of the introduction of trout.
kanaekura
1. (noun) New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus - a small slender fish, silvery, sometimes with a reddish back. Was caught in large numbers and found only in lowland rivers and streams. They spawned in freshwater streams and developing to maturity in saltwater. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm. Although once common in Aotearoa/New Zealand streams, it is now extinct, possibly because of the introduction of trout.
tīrango
1. (noun) New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus - a small slender fish, silvery, sometimes with a reddish back. Was caught in large numbers and found only in lowland rivers and streams. They spawned in freshwater streams and developing to maturity in saltwater. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm. Although once common in Aotearoa/New Zealand streams, it is now extinct, possibly because of the introduction of trout.
