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Tarakihi, n. 1. Dactylopagrus macropterus, a fish. Pupu tarakihi, nautilus shell. ‖ pu (i).

2. Cicada cingulata and C. muta, tree locust, so called. He mano te patupaiarehe kei te tarakihi (T. 181). Ko te kai ra tena i kiki ai te kikitara o te tarakihi i te waru.

tātarakihi, n. Cicada, as above. ‖ tara (ii). Tarakina, n. Bristle, spine. Tutu ana nga tarakina.

tarakinakina. 1. a. Bristling, shaggy.

2. n. A rough flax cape.

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Ko Tamahae te tamaiti i mau ai te tarakihi.
Tamahae was the boy who caught the tarakihi.

(I mau te tarakihi i taua tamaiti
The tarakihi was caught by that child

Kia mate ururoa, kei mate tarakihi.
Die like a shark, not like a tarakihi.

Ko Tamahae te tamaiti i mau nei i a ia te tarakihi
Tamahae is the child by whom the tarakihi was caught

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