kohikohi
1. (noun) trumpeter, Latris lineata - a fish, yellow-brown on the back and sides with three bands of olive to yellow-green along the side. Belly silvery yellow, body elongated and compressed. Head with distinct concave profile.
Ko ētahi o āna mahi i te moutere he hopu haere, he kohi haere rānei i ētahi atu momo kai, arā, i te kekeno, i te kina, i te pāua, i te pākirikiri, i te mararī, i te kohikohi me te weka (TTR 1996:72). / Some of her tasks on the island was hunting and gathering various types of food, such as seals, sea-urchins, pāua, blue cod, butterfish, trumpeter and weka.
Synonyms: pōrae
2. (noun) opalfish, Hemerocoetes spp. - a slender-bodied fish with a flattened shovel-like head and a knob at the tip of the jaw.
