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araara

1. (noun) trevally, Pseudocaranx georgianus - a common edible fish. Blue-green above, silvery white below with a yellowish sheen and a small dark blotch on the upper gill cover. Deep body and laterally compressed, with a bluntly rounded head and sickle-shaped pectoral fin. In Aotearoa/New Zealand found from the Kermadec Islands to Fouveaux Strait, but most common north of Cook Strait.

Synonyms: raumarie, raumarire

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