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onibora

Bingham

ónibora

adj. nasty, soft.
n. crab when it has cast its crust-like shell.

Sabatier

onibora

v. onobora (oni-pora, onopora) to change, to shed shell, skin or carapace (as do crabs, lobsters, etc.), to slough.
n. a crab at the stage of changing... (ntabena, nnewe).
a. daubed, dirty, trailed in dirt.
vc. kaonobora: to let get dirty, soiled.

Topics: Shells and sea creatures