maomao

/ ˈmɑːɒmɑːɒ /

noun

1. either of two small New Zealand edible fish, the pink maomao caprodon langimanus and the blue maomao scorpis acquipinnus

Word History and Origins

Origin of maomao¹

Māori

Example Sentences

Maomao is a young woman who just wants to build up her tolerance to poison and conduct experiments alongside her apothecary father in the red-light district, set during the Tang Dynasty in a fictionalized Imperial China.

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Come for the stunning animation and palace intrigue, but stay for Maomao’s detective skills and deliciously dry delivery.

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Splayed out on a pink towel next to Ms. Xu was her companion, a toothless white Chihuahua named Maomao, who was burying his snout into a mound of torn-up hot dog pieces.

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Every winter for the past 13 years, Ms. Xu, a retired airline worker, and Maomao have left their home in the frigid northeastern city of Harbin to stay in Sanya.

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Like Ms. Xu and Maomao, more than half of the nearly 400,000 retired snowbirds who flock to Sanya every year are said to hail from China’s northeast.

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