hoki

British  

/ ˈhɒkiː /

noun

1. an edible saltwater fish, Macruronus novaezeelandiae , of southern New Zealand waters

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Etymology

Origin of hoki

Māori

Example Sentences

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hoki

And seagulls keep pecking at the crate-loads of hoki stacked on the deck of his boat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their expanded line offers for between $5 and $8 complete main courses such as shrimp, lobster, crab, salmon, New Zealand whitefish, orange roughy, John Dory, hoki, halibut and swordfish.

From Time Magazine Archive

This practice -; led Japanese Communists and many Americans to speak of Hirohito as hoki san, or "the broom."

From Time Magazine Archive

This was the song— E tama te uaua, E taima te maroro, Ina hoki ra te tohu!

From Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by A Pakeha Maori

The ladies' singing society had composed for the occasion a special ode which ran as follows:     Hooio-hoaio uku kai unio,     Kipiputuonaa aaa titi huti,     O tefi tapu, O eio hoki     Hoio-hooio ona haasi tui.

From The Cruise of the Kawa by George S. (George Shepard) Chappell