Definitions
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- noun The
reef triggerfish .
Etymologies
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Shortening of Hawaiian humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa, under influence from humuhumu ("triggerfish")
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Examples
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Divingschools of yellow tangs, and the rotor-finned humuhumu.
Slate Magazine Garrett Hongo 2011
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The fact that most of the dead were either humuhumu, or triggerfish, and nenue, or rudderfish, but not other fish is also odd, he said.
unknown title 2009
mollusque commented on the word humuhumu
Short for humuhumunukunukuapuaa.
December 21, 2007
reesetee commented on the word humuhumu
Which go swimming by.
December 21, 2007
bilby commented on the word humuhumu
Uhuh.
September 4, 2008
she commented on the word humuhumu
Ich lieb dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht. Uhuh.
September 4, 2008
bilby commented on the word humuhumu
Bbbut, darling ...
September 4, 2008
she commented on the word humuhumu
Hush now; you know I usually don't mean the things I say in German.
Da, da, da.
September 4, 2008