hapuka
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Noun edit
hapuka (plural hapukas or hapuka)
- (New Zealand) Alternative form of hapuku
- 1888, F.S. Sandager, “List of fishes found at Mokohinou”, in Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 132:
- Follows the hapuka in its time of arrival and departure, and it is occasionally got when fishing for hapuka in deep water. Excepting during the spawning time of the hapuka I have never caught the Scyllium in shallow water.
- 1963, Florence Keene, O Te Raki: Maori Legends of the North, page 36:
- The hapuka is a very large deep-water species of groper, highly esteemed in New Zealand as a fish with a rich flavour.
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Adjective edit
hapuka