hapuka

plural hapukas

1. New ZealandalternativeAlternative form of hapuku.

   The hapuka is a very large deep-water species of groper, highly esteemed in New Zealand as a fish with a rich flavour.

   1963, Florence Keene, O Te Raki: Maori Legends of the North, page 36

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   Follows the hapuka in its time of arrival and departure, and it is occasionally got when fishing for hapuka in deep water. Excepting during the spawning time of the hapuka I have never caught the Scyllium in shallow water.

   1888, F.S. Sandager, “List of fishes found at Mokohinou”, in Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 132