An example search has returned 100 entries
-asevur
kamsiwi
Yellow-striped Flutterer
Example: Photo by givernykate / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Common bluestripe snapper
Example: Photo by Lyle Vail / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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koaba
n. tree in house area near village, 5 m tall (collection: Michael J. Balick #4720)
Example: The fruit of this tree is edible. The stem yields posts for building houses. The wood from the tree is said to be very strong, so larger parts of the tree can be used for house construction. The leaves are used to treat diarrhea. A person chews 4 leaves at a time as long as needed.
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kouwehew
kowava
kwanasuaprana
kwankwesi
mafiji
manhewao apamus
Rainbow runner
(Bislama) Rainbow Runner
Example: Photo by J. E. Randall / EOL, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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marao
nakur
namitɨg
nape
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5043)
Example: Branches used to make bow and arrow for hunting. Stem used for fence posts and houses. To treat a strong cough, take a branch of 20 leaves, toss in water, boil 10-20 minutes, drink warm liquid 2 cups a day for 1 week or until cough is gone.
bookmarknapoti
Midnight Snapper
Example: Photo by Richard Ling, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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natehi
[nate̤hi̤j] n. well branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3125)
Example: Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.
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nekemap
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5016)
Example: When a person is sick put two of these large leaves together and use them to "carry" a person to the medicine specialist. If the sick person is a man, six people line up and put many leaves on the palm of their interwoven hands and then they carry the sick person while saying a special incantation. This is a very old practice. If a person has a stomach pain take 2 of the white inflorescences with the right hand and give them to the person to eat, twice a day (in the morning and eveing) for 4 days. The pain will go away. When kava is chewed to prepare the beverage, the roots are sp
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nekfai
n. liana growing up a damaged macaranga dioica tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowering spadices green to tannish-yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3241)
Example: The leaves, fruits and stems of this plant are used as pig food. The leaves are used to wrap lap lap in. Leaves are also used to cover a roof of a house--the top part or ridge.
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ngata
nikinapus
n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3258)
Example: A sharpened stick made from this plant is used to take the husk off of coconuts. The wood of this plant is used to make a child’s bow--carve the bark off and bend it with a string made from the banyon (Ficus) tree to both ends of the bow.
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nipirey
nura
nɨmu kwatia tasiapen
Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier
Example: Photo by Lesley Clements / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Pawpawuk
Asian Magpie Moth
Example: Photo by birdexplorers / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Common parrotfish, palenose parrotfish
Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Greensnout parrotfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Palecheek parrotfish, Japanese parrotfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 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
bookmarkpirawa ~ firawa
Thumbprint emperor, blackspot emperor
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarktafha, nafwerouk, kahimaregi, namitɨg , napuei mhia, kormahak, nwera
teki tagharua ~ tikitagarua
terag
tikinau hasori
ume
Spotted Unicornfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkutu amramera
Green jobfish
(Bislama) Salmon Fis
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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