humuhumunukunukuapuaa |
SYLLABICATION: | hu·mu·hu·mu·nu·ku·nu·ku·a·pu·a·a |
PRONUNCIATION: | AUDIO:
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NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. humuhumunukunukuapuaa
or hu·mu·hu·mu·nu·ku·nu·ku·a·pu·a·as Either of two triggerfishes, Rhinecanthus aculeatus or R. rectangulus, native to the outer reefs of Hawaii, the latter having a broad black band on the side and a black triangle at the beginning of the tail. |
ETYMOLOGY: | Hawaiian humuhumu-nukunuku-![]() ![]() |
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