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gongong
Striped ponyfish
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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konawa
Threepot squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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konuwak sarariman
Painted sweetlips (male)
Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia
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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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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5034)
Example: Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue. If she chews four branches of leaves per treatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.
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makhum
Blue-barred parrotfish
Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp
Example: Photo by flecksy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Blotcheye soldierfish, bigscale soldierfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Bluelined squirrelfish, Tahitian squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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nauri
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5118)
Example: Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.
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nepar nepar
[napurnapur] n. small sapling, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3029)
Example: Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.
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noukwerang
nurap
n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 49 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4733)
Example: Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.
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nɨmu kwatia tasiapen
Dark-Banded Fusilier, Neon Fusilier
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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pagaivii phisir sarariman
Tripletail wrasse (male)
Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Eyestripe surgeonfish
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Fluted Giant Clam
Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Tanna Fruit Dove
Example: Photo by Doug Janson / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Flathead grey mullet, sea mullet, grey mullet
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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