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pākalakala

/ pā.kala.kala / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Gray-backed tern (Sterna lunata 🌐), also called the bridled, spectacled, or gray wide-awake tern. The forehead is white, as is a broad stripe over the eye; the nape, the top of the head and a stripe through the eye are black; the upper parts are dark ashy, with white beneath.

2. Same as pākala #1, pākala #2.

3. n., A coarse, nonedible seaweed (Galaxaura 🌐 spp.).

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PA-KA-LA-KA-LA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A species of fish; the little kala; he kala liilii.

Pakalakala (pā'-kā'-lă-kā'-la), n.

/ pā'-kā'-lă-kā'-la / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A species of the kala fish; the little kala; he kala liilii.

pakalakala

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Gray-backed tern (Sterna lunata), a bird well distrib- uted over the tropical Pacific. Its food are squid and small fish. Also called kala.

pākalakala

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Young of the unicornfish (Naso unicornis, N. brevirostris). For the adult fish, see kala.

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