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tūtarakauika

1. (noun) leader of a school of whales, personification of whales.

Kei Te Māhia he mauri nō Tūtarakauika, arā nō te wēra, he māpou (TP 10/1912:7). / At Te Māhia is a mauri of Tūtarakauika, that is of whales, and it is a māpou tree.

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2. (noun) southern right whale, Eubalaena australis - a baleen whale with a large head and curved jaw found in temperate waters.

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