kahawain.

/ˈkɑːwʌɪ/

Forms: Also kawai.

Etymology: Maori.

A perciform, marine, food fish, Arripis trutta, found in shoals in New Zealand and south-eastern Australian waters.

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1838 J. S. Polack New Zealand I. 322 The káháwai, or colourless salmon.

1845 E. J. Wakefield Adventure in N.Z. I. 92 A shoal of kawai came into that part of the bay. The kawai has somewhat of the habits of the salmon.

1849 W. T. Power Sketches in N.Z. ix. 76 The kawai is not unlike the salmon in size and shape, and, like it, comes up the rivers in shoals in the spring.

1870 R. Taylor Te Ika a Maui (ed. 2) 623 The Kahawai..is one of the most abundant, and is called mackerel by the settlers.

1927 Daily Express 26 Feb. 1 The Duchess returned to the Renown with seventeen ‘schnapper’ and one ‘kahawai’.

1962 Antiquity XXXVI. 272 Fish-hooks..another type of lure with barbed point notched for lashing (the kahawai lure).

1962 G. W. Jackson N.Z. Beach & Boating Bk. viii. 82 The bait is..a bundle of sprats or a whole kahawai.

1963 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 30 Nov. Stripping fillets of kahawai and baracouta we cut them into fish shapes and the reaction was immediate, the big fellows accepting them as readily as they had the rock cod earlier.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	kahawai
释义	kahawain. /ˈkɑːwʌɪ/ Forms: Also kawai. Etymology: Maori. A perciform, marine, food fish, Arripis trutta, found in shoals in New Zealand and south-eastern Australian waters. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Percidae (perches) > [noun] > arripis trutta (kahawai) kahawai1838 roughy1864 1838 J. S. Polack New Zealand I. 322 The káháwai, or colourless salmon. 1845 E. J. Wakefield Adventure in N.Z. I. 92 A shoal of kawai came into that part of the bay. The kawai has somewhat of the habits of the salmon. 1849 W. T. Power Sketches in N.Z. ix. 76 The kawai is not unlike the salmon in size and shape, and, like it, comes up the rivers in shoals in the spring. 1870 R. Taylor Te Ika a Maui (ed. 2) 623 The Kahawai..is one of the most abundant, and is called mackerel by the settlers. 1927 Daily Express 26 Feb. 1 The Duchess returned to the Renown with seventeen ‘schnapper’ and one ‘kahawai’. 1962 Antiquity XXXVI. 272 Fish-hooks..another type of lure with barbed point notched for lashing (the kahawai lure). 1962 G. W. Jackson N.Z. Beach & Boating Bk. viii. 82 The bait is..a bundle of sprats or a whole kahawai. 1963 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 30 Nov. Stripping fillets of kahawai and baracouta we cut them into fish shapes and the reaction was immediate, the big fellows accepting them as readily as they had the rock cod earlier. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1838
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