hoki

H4O1K5I1

noun

The blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake.

OriginMāori hoki →
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Meanings

nounhoki (plural hoki)
  1. The blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake.

    Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.

    1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Māorihoki
  2. Māorihoki
  3. Englishhoki

Borrowed from Māori hoki (“blue grenadier”).

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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