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noun
Any of various small, blunt-nosed freshwater fishes, especially gobies of the genus Gobiomorphus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
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noun
Any of various marine fishes of the family Tripterygiidae, found in rockpools and coastal waters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
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History
Probably from Māori kōkopuruao (“banded kokopu”), with alternation of the ending after bully (“goby of the genus Gobiomorphus”). Compare kokopu.
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