hoka
noun plural hoka
NZ another name for red cod
Word Origin for hoka
Māori
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Historical Examples of hoka
It was a Corsican who had years before called him cochon sauvage—coçon chauvage, as Hoka mispronounced it.
In the South SeasRobert Louis Stevenson
I was one day talking by the wayside with my friend Hoka, when I perceived his eyes suddenly to flash and his stature to swell.
In the South SeasRobert Louis Stevenson
Hoka, on one of his visits, fell suddenly in a brooding silence, and presently after left the ship with cold formality.
In the South SeasRobert Louis Stevenson