akule

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noun

The bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus.

OriginHawaiian akule →
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Meanings

nounakule (plural akule)
  1. HawaiiThe bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus.

    Residents of the island also told of a school of red akule fish that had been spotted in the waters off the island of Hawai‘i, which traditionally foretold the death of an ali‘i.

    2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 122

Origin

  1. Hawaiianakule
  2. Englishakule

Borrowed from Hawaiian akule.

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APA

akule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/akule

MLA

“akule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/akule. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “akule,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/akule.

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