maomao

noun plural maomao

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

Word Origin for maomao

Māori

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Historical Examples of maomao

Ua maomao ka lani, ua kahaea luna,Ua pipi ka maka o ka hoku.
In the South Seas
Robert Louis Stevenson