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

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

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

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

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 Maori, A Pakeha

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 Chappell, George S. (George Shepard)