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    Moki
    noun
  • moki
    moki
    noun
    either of two edible sea fish of New Zealand, the blue cod ( Percis colias ) or the bastard trumpeter ( Latridopsis ciliaris )

Moki

American  
[moh-kee] / ˈmoʊ ki /
Or Moqui

noun

Mokis plural
  1. Hopi.


moki British  
/ ˈməʊkɪ /

noun

  1. either of two edible sea fish of New Zealand, the blue cod ( Percis colias ) or the bastard trumpeter ( Latridopsis ciliaris )

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of moki

Māori

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It starts with my mother, Moki Cherry, on tamboura droning away and Charlie Haden’s sublime bass; this goes on for several minutes.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024

By the time Don Cherry and Moki Karlsson settled in Sweden in the late 1960s, Cherry had gotten away from what some would consider jazz.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Ms Moki says elephants come every day from the nearby Tsavo national park, one of the world's largest game sanctuaries, home to about 15,000 of the mammals.

From BBC • May 12, 2023

Ms Moki says the situation is getting more intolerable, and their concerns have not been addressed.

From BBC • May 12, 2023

But like the eternal rocks, dim and serene and high above the turmoil, stood the First Mesa village of Moki Land.

From Through Our Unknown Southwest by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

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