kokiri
- a rough-skinned New Zealand triggerfish, Parika scaber, known also as leatherjacketSee leatherjacket (def. 2)
- a Māori self-help group providing training and support in the community
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Word Origin
Māori
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Examples from the Web for kokiri
Historical Examples
They hold in their hands some reeds to represent darts or kokiri.
Old New ZealandEarl of Pembroke.
A wild yell with a wilder volley answered my shot, and the line made a kokiri (short charge) in my direction.
Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost LegionG. Hamilton-Browne