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lae.nihi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n. Name applied to various high-headed labroid fishes of the genera Hemipteronotus and Iniistius; this name may be qualified by the terms ʻeleʻele, kea, nēnē, pūkea. Lit., sharp forehead.

LAE-NI-HI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Name of a species of fish.

2. A steep, perpendicular forehead.

Laenihi (lā'e-nī'-hi), n.

/ lā'e-nī'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A variety of fish marked by a crest on its head.

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