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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name used by the natives of New Zealand for Prototroctes oxyrhynchus, a fresh-water food-fish of the family Haplochitonidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish (
Prototroctes oxyrhynchus ) of the familyHaplochitonidæ . In general appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Called alsograyling .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
New Zealand fish , Prototroctes oxyrhynchus in the family Haplochitonidæ, rather like atrout
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fbharjo commented on the word upokororo
a distant cousin of trout??
May 24, 2011