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kahawais

kahawais is the plural of kahawai.

Meaning of kahawai

Noun

kahawai (plural kahawais)

  1. (New Zealand) 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.
    • Māori oratory of those years began to employ proverbs about […] the propensity of the kahawai for devouring the mullet.2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 168

Questions about kahawais

What is kahawais the plural of?
Kahawais is the plural of kahawai.

Words near kahawais in the dictionary

  1. Kaharlyk
  2. Kahars
  3. kahau
  4. kahaus
  5. kahawai
  6. kahawais
  7. Kahayagan
  8. Kahayagan East
  9. Kahayagan West
  10. Kahe
  11. Kaheem

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