moki

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


the Maori name for the BastardTrumpeter (q.v.) of New Zealand, Latris ciliaris,Forst., family Cirrhitidae.

1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'(Church Missionary Society), p. 182:

«Moki, s. A fish so called.»