Etymology

opakapaka

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Today it means: Pristipomoides filamentosus, the crimson jobfish. Full definition →

Hawaiian ʻōpakapaka
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  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromʻōpakapaka
  2. English todayopakapaka

From Hawaiian ʻōpakapaka.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.