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, kouros, Kourou, Koussevitzky, Kováč, Kovalevsky
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