Kapingamarangi English

n.    fish sp.; eel variety

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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n.    parrotfish species

Scientific name: Scarus sp.

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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n.    brown marbled grouper

Scientific name: Epinephelus fuscoguttatus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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noun    shell

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library October 25, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

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n.    snail shell used for a horn

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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n.    long branching shell (long and pointy)

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n.    violet squirrel fish

Scientific name: Holocentrus violaceus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble May 26, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

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n.    red snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus vaigiensis

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Florida Fish and Wildlife Center April 3, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0

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n.    yellowfin tuna

Scientific name: Neothynnus macropterus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Nils Rinaldi October 8, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

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n.    shark sucker

Scientific name: Echeneis naucrates

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 12, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

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n.    moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus

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   angelfish species

Scientific name: Pomacanthidae sp.

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n.    whale

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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n.    fish sp.: spiny puffer

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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n.    land crab

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Juvenile Strawberry Land Hermit Crab. Photo by warrenski November 23, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

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   school of surgeon fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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n.    octopus ink

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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n.    squid ink

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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   inky secretion of squid

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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n.    rippled triggerfish; yellowmargin triggerfish; titan triggerfish

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Pseudobalistes fuscus; Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus; Balistoides viridescens

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n.    jack fish

Scientific name: Caranx hippos

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Kevin Bryant December 29, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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n.    bigeye trevally

Scientific name: Caranx sexfasciatus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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n.    goatfish species

Scientific name: Mullidae sp.

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n.    sea cucumber

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 6, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

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n.    term for school of goat fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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n.    branching coral

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 22, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

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n.    spadefish and batfish species

Scientific name: Chaetodipterus sp.

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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n.    gill of a fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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