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akule

akule noun: the bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus.

Noun

akule (plural akule)

  1. (Hawaii) The 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

Forms of akule

pluralakule

Origin of akule

Borrowed from Hawaiian akule.

Questions about akule

What does akule mean?
Akule means the bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus.
What part of speech is akule?
Akule is a noun.
What is the plural of akule?
The plural of akule is akule.

Words near akule in the dictionary

  1. Akubra hat
  2. Akubras
  3. akudjura
  4. Akula
  5. Akulas
  6. akule
  7. akum
  8. akuma
  9. akumas
  10. akums
  11. Akure

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