kahawai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

kahawai kahawais

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori kahawai.

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