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kumikumi

1. (noun) beard, moustache, whiskers, bristles - like makawe, usually used in the plural.

Kīhai te tamaiti i mātau ki a Mātenga i te oroko tirohanga ki a ia, nā te mea hoki, i heua ngā paihau me ngā kumikumi (MM.TKM 29/2/1856:4). / The boy did not recognise Marsden when he first saw him because his beard and moustache had been shaved off.

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Synonyms: hurungutu, pāhau


2. (noun) white throat feathers of the tūī.


3. (noun) mussel's beard, Amphisbetia minima - beard-like tuft attached to old mussels.

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