inanga
Britishnoun
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another name for the New Zealand whitebait
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a common type of New Zealand grass tree, Dracophyllum longifolium
Etymology
Origin of inanga
Māori
Example Sentences
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The inanga, or small fry of a fresh-water fish, were offended at not being hospitably received on shore by the birds; on the other hand, the birds despised the inanga for being so small.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by George Turner
They fought, and the fishes conquered, and it ended in the fish becoming birds and the birds fishes; and hence they say the back-bone of the inanga projects so much.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by George Turner
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