hu·mu·hu·mu·nu·ku·nu·ku·a·pu·a'a (h  m-hm-nk-nk-äp-ä ä)n. pl. humuhumunukunukuapua'a or hu·mu·hu·mu·nu·ku·nu·ku·a·pu·a'as Either of two triggerfishes, Rhinecanthus aculeatus or R. rectangulus, native to the outer reefs of Hawaii, the latter having a broad black band on the side and a black triangle at the beginning of the tail. [Hawaiian humuhumu-nukunuku-  -pua'a, trigger fish with a blunt snout like a pig's : humuhumu, small trigger fish (from reduplication of Proto-Polynesian *sumu, trigger fish) + nukunuku, small snout : reduplication of nuku, snout + , like + pua'a, pig.] |
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