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pili.koʻa

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n. Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri, Cirrhitops fasciatus, Amblycirrhites bimacula), 18 cm or less in length and light-pink in color, Lit., coral clinging. Also Cirrhites pinnulatus and Oxycirrhites typus.

2. A native variety of sugar cane named for the fish; stems yellow-green, with pale brown-red stripes when young, changing to bronze-yellow with darker brown-red stripes.

3. A stiff kind of pākalakala, a seaweed (Galaxaura lapidescens).

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