Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A native Hawaiian name for several species of the genus Scarus; a parrot-fish.

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  • Imdeduya, Imdeduya, kwanuwedi bakenu Avtla yokwai e! yegu Yolina Laula o la Neamu, lauia o la nebwogegu Newa wegu kesaie, nemtamata wowogu Imdeduya, Imdeduya!

    The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

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