pāra
1. (noun) frostfish, Lepidopus caudatus - an eel-like fish with a silver elongated body and large, dagger-like teeth. Widespread in Aotearoa/New Zealand in depths of 20-800 m.
Hopukina ai e te Māori ngā momo tuna katoa – te ngōiro, te tuere, te pāra, te piharau (Te Ara 2012). / Māori caught all types of eels - conger eels, hagfish, frostfish and lamprey.
See also taharangi
2. (noun) stone flake.
Ka kitea ngā pāra pai, ka mahia hai kautete (JPS 1929:217). / When good stone flakes are found they're made into cutting tools.
