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insect

Eng to Haw, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Mea kolo (creeping); holoholona lele; mū (destructive); huhu (wood-boring). Feelers of an insect, pipi. Insect-eaten, ane, huhuhu, ʻai ʻia.

insect

Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao,

Also bug. ʻElala.

  • Related:
    • Insect mounting; also to mount insects. Pine ʻelala.
    • Insect net. ʻUpena ʻelala.
    • Insect bag net. ʻUpena ʻelala ʻeke.
    • Insect fixed net. ʻUpena ʻelala hoʻolewalewa.
    • Insect sweep net. ʻUpena ʻelala kāʻeʻe.
    • Insect holding jar. ʻŌmole mālama ʻelala.
    • Insect killing jar. ʻŌmole pepehi ʻelala.
    • Insect sucker. Mea omo ʻelala.

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insect

Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao,

In the order neuroptera 🌐, such as lacewings and antlions. ʻĒheulihilihi.

  • Examples:
    • Sylvan green lacewing. ʻĒheulihilihi nahele.
    • Wilson's Hawaiian antlion. ʻĒheu lihilihi pele.

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insect

/ In-sect / Eng to Haw, Emerson (1845),

h. he mea ola uuku me he nalo la, he elelu, he pinao a me na mea like.

insect

Eng to Haw, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

hŏlŏhŏlo'nă lĭ'ĭlĭ'ĭ, mū; (no generic term).

Insect

/ Ĭn'seєt / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

n. Mea kolo liilii.

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