| 单词 |
hapuka |
| 释义 |
hapuku, hapuka N.Z.|ˈhɑːpuːkuː, -kə|
Also formerly whapuku, etc.
[Maori hapuku.]
A large marine food fish, Polyprion oxygeneios; = cod n.3 2 b and grouper 2.
1838J. S. Polack New Zealand I. ix. 322 Some deep banks lie off the east coast, on which the kanai, or mullet, wapuka, or cod-fish, and..salmon abound. 1844W. Wakefield in N.Z. Co. Rep. XXXVI. 31 Aug. 137 The habouka is taken in great quantities near the fishing town. c1845in C. F. Hursthouse New Zealand (1857) I. 217 We've..lowing herds on every side, Hapuka in every tide. 1855R. Taylor Te Ika a Maui 411 Hapuku, or whapuku commonly called the cod, but a much richer fish in flavor. 1859A. S. Thomson Story N.Z. I. 30 The Hapuku is the largest New Zealand salt-water fish. 1944Mod. Jun. Dict. (Whitcombe & Tombs) (ed. 7) 193 Hapuka, hapuku, the Maori name for a large edible fish, also called ‘groper’. Often mispronounced ‘ha-pu′-ka’. 1960Doogue & Moreland N.Z. Sea Angler' Guide 209 Groper or Hapuku... Other names: Polyprion oxygeneios; whapuku (Maori)... The word ‘hapuka’ is a corruption of hapuku. 1966Encycl. N.Z. I. 907/1 Hapuku or groper (Polyprion oxygeneios)..is a large, heavy, deep-sea fish closely related to the bass. |
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