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parakipīhi

1. (loan) (noun) pilot whale, blackfish, Globicephala melas - a toothed whale with black skin, a grey, anchor-shaped marking on the chin and a square bulbous head.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 21;)

I mate te iwi mātanga i te kainga i te pikitara, arā, rongomoana, ki te Pākehā he parakipīhi (TP 4/1906:6). / The clever people were sick from eating the pikitara, that is, rongomoana, or as the Pākehā say, pilot whale.

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Synonyms: upokohue

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