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- Māori · borrowed fromkahawai
- English todaykahawai
Borrowed from Māori kahawai.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An edible marine fish, Arripis trutta, found around the southeastern coast of Australia and New Zealand, having a dark bluish-green body with indistinct rows of spots forming narrow irregular bands on the upper sides. Full definition →
Borrowed from Māori kahawai.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.