alalauwa

noun

ala·​lau·​wa

ˌä-lə-ˈlau̇-ə

plural -s

: any of several food fishes (genus Pocacanthus) widely distributed in tropical seas

Word History

Etymology

Hawaiian

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

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