koura

/ (ˈkɒʊːrɑː) /

noun plural koura

either of two New Zealand freshwater crayfish of the genus Paranephrops

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Word Origin for koura

Māori

Words nearby koura

kotzebue sound, koufax, koulibiaca, koumis, kouprey, koura, kourbash, kouros, kourou, koussevitzky, kovalevsky

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