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Hapuku


Ha-pu′ku

(hȧ-poō′koō)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A large and valuable food fish (
Polyprion prognathus
) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.

Definition 2024


hapuku

hapuku

English

Alternative forms

  • hapuka
  • whapuku

Noun

hapuku (plural hapukus)

  1. (zoology) A large and valuable food fish, Polyprion oxygeneios, in the family Serranidae of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.