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ʻoʻopu
1. n., General name for fishes included in the families Eleotridae, Gobiidae, and Blennidae. Some are in salt water near the shore, others in fresh water, and some said to be in either fresh or salt water.
- Examples:
- ʻOʻopu ʻai lehua, poetic description of ʻoʻopu found in upland streams where lehua flowers drop into the water; literally, lehua-eating ʻoʻopu.
- Kau ke alapiʻi a ka ʻoʻopu, the ʻoʻopu fish form a stairway [ʻoʻopu are said to jump over rocks from pool to pool].
- References:
- See also alamoʻo, naniha, ʻōkuhe, ʻoau #1.
- PCP kokopu.
2. (Cap.) n., Name of a wind associated with Waiheʻe, Maui.
- References:
- For. 5:101.
oopu
/ O-O-PU /s., Name of a species of small fish living in fresh water rivers and ponds.
oopu
/ o-o'-pu /n., Name of various species of gobey fishes.
ʻoʻopu
Hawaiian sleeper or goby of the families Eleotridae and Gobiidae, a small bottom-dwelling fish. Young are called hinana.
‘o‘opu
goby fishes.
O-o-pu
s. a species of small fish living in fresh water, rivers and ponds.
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