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poraka

1. (loan) (noun) introduced frogs, green bell-frog, Litoria aurea , southern bell-frog, Litoria raniformis - two very similar introduced frogs which are larger than native frogs. The southern bell-frog is browner than the green bell-frog.

E tae ana ki te tekau hereni te utu mō te pereti hupa poraka (TP 2/1903:3). / The price of a plate of frog soup comes to ten shillings.

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