1. n., General name for starfish.
2. n., Bat. Lele ʻōpeʻapeʻa, to fly like a bat, i.e., to flutter wings, as would a frightened bird.
3. n., Half-leaf, said of a taro plant remaining on the stalk after the top half has been removed for cooking; so called because its form suggests that of a bat.
4. n., Window shutters, Venetian blinds.
5. See iwi ʻōpeʻapeʻa.
6. n., Canoe sails.
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s. A bat, an animal between fowls and quadrupeds. Kanl. 14:18. So called from the shape of the wings being similar to the ancient sails (pea) of their canoes.
s. A species of shell fish.
2. Kalo lately planted, from the shape of the young leaves.
[Pea, a sail.]
1. A bat. So called from the shape of the wings being similar to the ancient sails of canoes.
2. A species of shell fish.
3. Young taro plants, the leaves of which resemble the wings of the bat.
Bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus), so called from the shape of the wings, which are similar to the ancient sails (peʻa) of their canoes. (Kanl. 14:18.)
Canoe sails.
bat.
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