humuhumunukunukuapuaa
See also: humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌhumuˌhumuˌnukuˌnukuˌaːpuˈaʔa/
Noun
humuhumunukunukuapuaa (plural humuhumunukunukuapuaas)
- Either of two species, Rhinecanthus aculeatus and Rhinecanthus rectangulus, of triggerfishes native to the reefs of Hawaii.
- 1933, Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison and Johnny Noble (music), “My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii”:
- I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii / Where the humuhumunukunukuapua'a goes swimming by
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Synonyms
Translations
either of two species of triggerfish
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Further reading
reef triggerfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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