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‖ kakahi N.Z.|ˈkɑːkəhɪ|
[Maori.]
The freshwater mussel, Hyridella menziesi.
1921H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira viii. 55 The shallows of the lake were paved with mussel-beds—kakahi. 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. viii. 235 The rake was lowered from a canoe on to the shoals with beds of the fresh-water clam termed kakahi. 1962Post-Primary School Bull. XV. i. 19 Kakahi are to be found embedded in the muddy and sandy bottoms of rivers and lakes. 1966Encycl. N.Z. II. 616/1 These bivalve shellfish are..the kakahi of the Maoris. |