maomaon.1
/ˈmaʊmaʊ/, U.S. /ˈmaʊˌmaʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈmʌomʌo/, /ˈmæumæu/ New Zealand.
An edible blue marine fish, Scorpis violaceus (family Kyphosidae), of New Zealand and Australian waters. Also blue maomao.
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1820 T. Kendall & S. Lee Gram. & Vocab. Lang. N.Z. 179 Maumau, fish so called.]
1873 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1872 5 153 Rurima is famous for its fish; hapuka..barracoota..mackerel..and the delicious little maomao.
1922 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 5 93 Scorpis violaceus. Maomao. Mr. Griffin..informs us that both this species and the sweep..are sold as ‘maomao’ in Auckland.
1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. viii. 215 The longest bag net..was used to catch maomao (Scorpis violaceus), a deep-sea fish which travelled in shoals.
1977 N.Z. Herald 5 Jan. i. 6/9 Through the deep, clear sea the sun glints down into a spiralling stream of blue maomao, like a host of butterflies suspended in a sparkling evening.
1988 in M. Gifkins Through Looking Glass 21 The piper we caught at Cornwallis were superb, but still not a patch on the mau-mau we caught off a single rock.
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maomaon.2
/ˈmaʊmaʊ/, U.S. /ˈmaʊˌmaʊ/ U.S.
A damselfish, Abudefduf abdominalis, of the Hawaiian Islands.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Pomacentridae > member of (damsel-fish)
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1926 Jrnl. Pan-Pacific Res. Inst. 1 11 Abudefduf abdominalis... Maomao.
1933 Guide John G. Shedd Aquarium 138 Banded damselfish; Maomao... A demoiselle from the Hawaiian Islands.
1960 W. A. Gosline & V. E. Brock Handbk. Hawaiian Fishes 208 The maomao is certainly not the most abundant of our pomocentrids. However, it is much the best known.
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