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humuhumunukunukuapuaa

Syllables: hu·mu·hu·mu·nu·ku·nu·ku·a·pu·aaUS/ˌhu.məˈhu.məˌnu.kəˈnu.kəˌɑ.pəˈwɑˌɑ/

humuhumunukunukuapuaa noun: any member of the species Rhinecanthus rectangulus of triggerfish, found in the coral reefs of many of the oceans, characterized by a noticeably large snout and blue lips that resemble that of a pig’s snout.

Noun

humuhumunukunukuapuaa (plural humuhumunukunukuapuaas)

  1. Any member of the species Rhinecanthus rectangulus of triggerfish, found in the coral reefs of many of the oceans, characterized by a noticeably large snout and blue lips that resemble that of a pig’s snout.
    • I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii / Where the humuhumunukunukuapua'a goes swimming by1933, “My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii”, Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison, Johnny Noble (music)
    Synonyms:
    humuhumu, reef triggerfish, rectangular triggerfish, wedgetail triggerfish

humuhumunukunukuapuaa meaning in Tamil

humuhumunukunukuapuaa in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of humuhumunukunukuapuaa

Forms of humuhumunukunukuapuaa

pluralhumuhumunukunukuapuaas
alternative formhumuhumunukunukuapua'a

Origin of humuhumunukunukuapuaa

Borrowed from Hawaiian humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa, from humuhumu (“triggerfish”) + nuku (“snout”) + nuku (“blunt”) + -ā- (simulative infix) + puaʻa (“pig”).

Words formed from humuhumunukunukuapuaa

Questions about humuhumunukunukuapuaa

What does humuhumunukunukuapuaa mean?
Humuhumunukunukuapuaa means any member of the species Rhinecanthus rectangulus of triggerfish, found in the coral reefs of many of the oceans, characterized by a noticeably large snout and blue lips that resemble that of a pig’s snout.
What is humuhumunukunukuapuaa in Tamil?
Humuhumunukunukuapuaa in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Humuhumunukunukuapuaa meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is humuhumunukunukuapuaa?
Humuhumunukunukuapuaa is a noun.
How do you pronounce humuhumunukunukuapuaa?
Humuhumunukunukuapuaa is pronounced /ˌhu.məˈhu.məˌnu.kəˈnu.kəˌɑ.pəˈwɑˌɑ/ (US).
What is the plural of humuhumunukunukuapuaa?
The plural of humuhumunukunukuapuaa is humuhumunukunukuapuaas.

Words near humuhumunukunukuapuaa in the dictionary

  1. HUMSS
  2. humstrum
  3. humstrums
  4. humuhumu
  5. humuhumunukunukuapua'a
  6. humuhumunukunukuapuaa
  7. humuhumunukunukuapuaas
  8. Humula
  9. humulene
  10. humulenes
  11. humulenol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: humuhumunukunukuapuaa (page history and authors); humuhumunukunukuapuaa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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