warehou

noun

wa·​re·​hou

¦wärə¦hō,

-hau̇

plural -s

: a purple and silver sea bream (Seriola brama) widely distributed off southern and eastern Australia and New Zealand and esteemed as food

Word History

Etymology

Maori

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