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ikanenea

Sabatier

ikanenea

n. large deep-water fish covered with spikes and full of fat, (oil fish).
sn. Ruvettus speciosus.
syn. te ika ni beka: laxative fish.

Goo & Banner

ikanenea

sn. Ruvettus sp. (ll).
n. oilfish (sm) (polite name) (ll].

Luomala

ikanenea

sn. Ruvettus pretiosus (Gempylidae).
n. snake mackeral, oil fish (polite name).

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