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Meaning of "tarakihi" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TARAKIHI

Māori.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TARAKIHI

ˈtærəˌkiːhiː


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TARAKIHI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tarakihi is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TARAKIHI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tarakihi

The tarakihi or jackass morwong, Nemadactylus macropterus, is a morwong of the genus Nemadactylus, found off southern Australia, the Atlantic coast of South America, and New Zealand to depths of about 400 m, on all types of bottoms. Its length is between 30 and 60 cm.

Definition of tarakihi in the English dictionary

The definition of tarakihi in the dictionary is a common edible sea fish of New Zealand waters.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TARAKIHI

ahi · bahuvrihi · bohea · he · he-he · hee-hee · kamahi · karuhiruhi · kokowai · mokihi · pakahi · pakihi · satyagrahi · spahee · spahi · takahe · te-hee · tee-hee · terakihi

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TARAKIHI

tara · Taraba · Tarabulus el Gharb · Tarabulus esh Sham · taradiddle · taraire · tarama · taramasalata · taramea · Taranaki · Taranaki gate · Taranaki wind · tarand · tarantass · tarantella · Tarantino · Tarantinoesque · tarantism · Taranto · tarantula

WORDS THAT END LIKE TARAKIHI

Bangladeshi · chi · chichi · Delhi · Delphi · Gandhi · gnocchi · hi · Hitachi · Karachi · Kochi · Marathi · mariachi · mihi · New Delhi · phi · Ranchi · Sindhi · Sochi · sushi

Synonyms and antonyms of tarakihi in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tarakihi» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF TARAKIHI

Find out the translation of tarakihi to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tarakihi from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tarakihi» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

tarakihi
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

tarakihi
570 millions of speakers
en

English

tarakihi
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

tarakihi
380 millions of speakers
ar

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tarakihi
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

tarakihi
278 millions of speakers
pt

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tarakihi
270 millions of speakers
bn

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tarakihi
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

tarakihi
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tarakihi
190 millions of speakers
de

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Tarakihi
180 millions of speakers
ja

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tarakihi
130 millions of speakers
ko

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tarakihi
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Tarakihi
85 millions of speakers
vi

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tarakihi
80 millions of speakers
ta

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tarakihi
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

तारकीही
75 millions of speakers
tr

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tarakihi
70 millions of speakers
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tarakihi
65 millions of speakers
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tarakihi
50 millions of speakers
uk

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tarakihi
40 millions of speakers
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tarakihi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tarakihi
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tarakihi
14 millions of speakers
sv

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tarakihi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

TARAKIHI
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tarakihi

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TARAKIHI»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tarakihi

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TARAKIHI»

Discover the use of tarakihi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tarakihi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna:
1306 Kia mate a Ururoa! Kei mate Tarakihi! Colenso 1879:139; Grey 1857:50 ' Die like Shark, not like Tarakihi!' Here the shark, paragon of courage and determination, is personified, as also is the tarakihi, which succumbs without a ...
Hirini Moko Mead, Neil Grove, 2004
2
Maritime Adaptations of the Pacific
Numbers of fish scales identified from select archaeological sites in Fiordland SP/ I Layers “3“"' 4B “5 "” 5Ba 5Bb 6A, 6C 7B Tarakihi 115 1 19 4 18 251 7 Blue cod 1 Blue moki 5 1 SP/5 Layer 4 SP/9 Layer 2 SP/10 Layer 4 Tarakihi 5 Tarakihi 1 ...
Richard W. Casteel, Jean-Claude Passeron, 1975
3
Huia Short Stories 3
The first tarakihi line was down within a matter of minutes and jerking! Soon all three were in business and Raniera was steadily pulling his up with calm anticipation. Into the boat came the toro, eight hooks, seven big tarakihi. 'Ka pai e Pa!
‎1999
4
Multilingual Dictionary of Fish and Fish Products
Nemadactylus (Australia/New Zealand) Also called JACKASS FISH and SILVER PERCH in Australia, + TARAKIHI in New Zealand. Belongs to the family Cheilodactylidae which includes two other less important commercial species ...
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
5
Stock Identification Methods: Applications in Fishery Science
Gel lanes 1–4 contain tarakihi Nemadactylus macropterus, lanes 5–8 king tarakihi Nemadactylus new sp., lane 9 porae Nemadactylus douglasii, and lane L contains a DNA size ladder (fragment sizes in descending order: 1000, 700, 500, 400 ...
Lisa A. Kerr, Steven X. Cadrin, Kevin D. Friedland, 2004
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Maori
... see 1.2.1.2.2 and 2.1.3.1.5): (222) Ko Tamahae te tamaiti i maunei i eq Tamahae the child T/A caught proxI cause aiate tarakihi pers IIIsg the tarakihi ' Tamahae is the child by whom the tarakihi was caught' With a genitive NP: (223) I kaute ia ...
Winifred Bauer, 2003
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Fisheries Research Bulletin
THE TARAKIHI FISHERY Tarakihi is almost exclusively landed by trawlers, so that many features described for the trawl fishery general apply also to the tarakihi fishery in (Table 8). Since 1960 the East Cape region (area 5; port Gisborne) has ...
‎1985
8
Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of ...
Snapper, mullet, groper, flounder Snapper, flounder, groper, mullet, tarakihi Mullet, sole, flounder Mullet, snapper, groper Snapper, mullet, flounder, groper, crayfish, kingfish, tarakihi, gurnard, maomao Flounder, snapper, mullet Snapper,  ...
New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, 1939
9
Fisheries Research Division Occasional Publication
Tags attached with elastic were ineffective, but from 3363 tarakihi tagged with discs joined with monofilament nylon there were 76 recoveries (2.3%) (Allen 1963). Some of the results from these experiments were reported in more detail by ...
‎1982
10
Maui Development Environmental Study: Report on Phase One, 1974
(Paul, L. J., pers. comm.) Tarakihi ln marine fisheries tarakihi is second in importance to snapper. Eel has displaced tarakihi, at least temporarily, as second in overall wetfish landed. Tarakihi is a bottom dwelling fish caught between 5-100 fms ...
‎1974

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TARAKIHI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tarakihi is used in the context of the following news items.
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Snapper is NZ's favourite catch - report
After the top three, the others were gurnard (430,500), tarakihi (361,000), trevally (174,000), sea perch (160,000), flounder and other flat fish (144,000). «Auckland stuff.co.nz, Jan 15»
2
Fishery in good shape
“The total allowable commercial catch, or TACC, for tarakihi has gradually increased since the mid 1980s,” says Mr Pankhurst in an overview of New Zealand's ... «Gisborne Herald, Jan 15»
3
Lower North Island Area Fishing Report
Snapper, trevally, gurnard and kingfish have all made their appearance, while consistent runs of kahawai – along with elephant fish and tarakihi – give plenty of ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jan 15»
4
Bay of Plenty/Waikato Area Fishing Report
With the tarakihi fishing now improving out deep after a very slow winter (this would have been the hardest season for this great eating fish for many years), ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jan 15»
5
Going on the hunt for some tarakihi
There are two variations on the tarakihi theme: the common tarakihi found closer to shore and the "king" tarakihi, caught out wide at places like the Three Kings ... «Waikato Times, Dec 14»
6
Snapper prices go crazy
Why buy snapper and blue cod for around $38 a kilogram, when tarakihi and gurnard are $10 to $11 cheaper? Leading Auckland chef Marco Edwardes, for one, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Oct 14»
7
What's on the menu?
White fish: This is generally white, soft, delicate fish such as snapper, gurnard, blue cod and tarakihi. White-fleshed fish lends itself well to coatings such as batter ... «Stuff.co.nz, Sep 14»
8
Taking hoki up a notch
But Kiwi palates have grown up on inshore fish like snapper and tarakihi, which is much easier to access than the deep-sea hoki, lurking about 500 metres ... «Stuff.co.nz, Sep 14»
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Nelson/Marlborough - September 2014
A brighter note has been good-sized tarakihi, over a kilo on average, the biggest Dave has seen for a long time. Best spots are south of Tory Channel entrance ... «Stuff.co.nz, Sep 14»
10
Whangarei/Tutukaka - September 2014
There is some good tarakihi fishing at present out off the Old Woman and in a few spots on the way across to the Chicks. On the 60m mark out off the coast from ... «Stuff.co.nz, Sep 14»
REFERENCE
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