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Kamkari
t.o Golden Silk Orb-weaver
Example: Photo by saw_it / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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kareng reng
karengy
karuarua
kasimi
Eastern Barn Owl
Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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n. tree, 12-13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3089)
Example: The nut inside of the fruit contains sap. Cut a fruit in half and stick it to a person’s arm, and then take it off, put earth on the place where the sap is, and it makes a temporary tatoo that lasts for 3-4 days. This fruit is the best flying fox food, and when the tree has ripe fruits many flying foxes go there to feed, and hunters know this. The fruits are eaten by people as well.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5166)
Example: For the kastom ceremonies, this can provide the face paint color yellow. Cut open the ripe fruit and paint directly with this. Prior to artificial colors, people used this for yellow and Bixa orellana for red to paint faces and skin.
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kwankasikap
mar
Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp
Example: Photo by flecksy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Elongate surgeonfish
Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Thumbprint emperor, blackspot emperor
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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nare
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5039)
Example: This is the female type of 5037. Leaf is used to cover the top ridge of a roof on a house. Lasts 5 or more years. Women use the leaf for grass skirts. Take leaves, twist, tie in a line, dry in sun and then use to make skirt. Leaves have a nice fragrance.
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[na:riŋ] n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2997)
Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox. Food: The green leaf of this plant is used as a wrap when cooking fish over a fire. Clothing: The peeled inner bark of this plant is dried and then used as fastener or strap for other clothing during kastom ceremonies.
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nasasa
nefara
[nafare] n. tree growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3095)
Example: The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.
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nimasiur
ning
n. large grass, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3104)
Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.
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n. tree to 3 m, dbh 4 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4727)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant and can go anywh
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nulagli
nɨpkɨpki
nɨvirákw
penesu
Dark capped parrotfish
Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Yellowbarred Parrotfish
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkpeyeii apusan
Lemonfish, gold-spotted sweetlips
Example: Photo by Richard Ling / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Takiaew sei tasi
Kuni’s Nudibranch
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Loch’s Chromodoris
Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Blue trevally (male)
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Yellowtail Scad (female)
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Black Soldier Fly
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