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bubuawai

Bingham

búbuawái

n. a fish, a variety of the bubu.

Goo & Banner

búbuawái

sn. Amanses carolae (ll).
n. filefish (sm).

bubuawai1

sn. Amanses sandwichiensis (y).
n. filefish (sm).

bubuawai2

sn. family Monocanthidae (ll).
n. triggerfishes (sm).

bubuawai3

sn. Oxymoncanthus longirostris (ll).

Luomala

bubuawai

sn. Amanses carolae.
Amanses sandwichensis.
Oxymonocanthus longirostrus (monocanthidae).
n. filefish.

Topics: Fish, Family and people, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)