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ntabokai

Bingham

ntabokaái

n. a fish, the.
va. abounding in ntabokai.

Sabatier

ntabokai

n. a stone-eating fish (rock cod).
sn. Serrianidae.
fig. very abstemious person.
ex. ko kanna kanan te ntabokai: you eat bricks.

ntabokai1

n. wrasse. <fish>.

ntabokai2

sn. Pleisops nigricans.

Goo & Banner

ntabokaái

sn. Cephalopholis sonnerati (y).
n. rock codd (sm).

ntabokaái1

sn. Halichoeres marginatus (y).
n. wrasse (sm).

ntabokaái2

sn. Pleisops nigricans (ll).

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