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namu

namu noun: a sandfly of the genus Austrosimulium.

Noun

namu

  1. A sandfly of the genus Austrosimulium.

Origin of namu

From Māori namu. Compare Malay nyamuk (“a mosquito”).

Questions about namu

What does namu mean?
Namu means a sandfly of the genus Austrosimulium.
What part of speech is namu?
Namu is a noun.

Words near namu in the dictionary

  1. namsayin'
  2. Namsen
  3. Namsos
  4. namtap
  5. Namtu
  6. namu
  7. namul
  8. namuls
  9. Namur
  10. Namurian
  11. namus

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