opakapaka

noun

opa·​ka·​pa·​ka

ˌōpəkəˈpäkə

plural -s

: any of several brightly colored chiefly Hawaiian snappers of the genus Pristipomioides including some that are important food fishes

Word History

Etymology

Hawaiian ʽōpakapaka

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