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-amtér
fwaga
iaremha
[jare̤mə̤] n. herb, growing along open garden path. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3084)
Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea in a baby 1-6 months old. The mother takes 4, 1" pieces and chews them, spitting it into the baby’s mouth 2x daily, once in the morning and once in the afternoon until the diarrhea stops. Sometimes if the baby is sick from a spirit such as a yam, taro or sea spirit, the mother takes 2, 1" pieces of stem and 2, 1" pieces of Acalypha wilkesiana petiole (Plunkett et.al. #3081) and chews the two species together and spits on the affected baby, telling the spirit to "go away and leave the baby alone.
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American Cockroach
Example: Photo by buggirl13 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Yellow-striped Flutterer
Example: Photo by givernykate / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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karuarua
kuanamporo
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5131)
Example: Fruits edible when ripe. For dengue fever, take 1 bundle of leaves and stems, mash and place in pot with 2 L water, boil 30 minutes, drink warm. Drink 1 liter 1x day for 4-6 days depends on strength of dengue. "Sends" dengue out from your body.
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kwanaruru
kwaruisiur
kwekao
Asian House Gecko
Example: Photo by givernykate / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Purple-winged Mantis
Example: Photo by flecksy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Sabre squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Shoulderbar soldierfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Carolines parrotfish, stareye parrotfish
Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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minim
Blue-spotted spinefoot, coral rabbitfish (fresh water)
Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Longfin emperor
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Yellowlip emperor
Example: Photo by Anthony Pearson / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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nerer
nifeag
niknapus
nisae
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5031)
Example: For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menstruation), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5076)
Example: Leaves used in cooking to flavor soup. To cure sore known as "yaush" that is the size of a 50 vatu coin or larger, take 2-3 branches, collect leaves, put in pot, and warm. Wash the sore 3x day wash for 1-2 weeks. This disease is caused by flies and mosquitos. Yaush is the English name. Mosquito or fly bites the person, passes worm similar to filariasis, then a boil erupts and scratch it becomes big sore. Dry leaves and flowers, put in tin, and light it up to keep mosquitoes away. The smoke from this burning plant chases away mosquitoes like a coil.
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penesu
Tricolour parrotfish
Example: Photo by Bernard Dupont / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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[rɨŋkew] n. understory tree growing in area of Ianarawia ("high hill") settlement (village of Philip Wahe). (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3154)
Example: This tree is poisonous to goats, cattle-if they eat it they will die. The wood is used to make rafters for houses as well as burned as firewood.
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Giant Moray
Example: Photo by Sascha Schultz / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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tapatou
Pickhandle barracuda
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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yesu
Indian goatfish
Example: Photo by Lyle Vail / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Yellowstripe goatfish
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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