inanga

British

/ ˈiːnʌŋə /

noun

another name for the New Zealand whitebait
a common type of New Zealand grass tree, Dracophyllum longifolium

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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.

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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.

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