hapuka

English

Noun

hapuka (plural hapukas or hapuka)

1. (New Zealand) Alternative form of hapuku
   • 1888, F.S. Sandager, “List of fishes found at Mokohinou”, in Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 132:

     Follows the hapuka in its time of arrival and departure, and it is occasionally got when fishing for hapuka in deep water. Excepting during the spawning time of the hapuka I have never caught the Scyllium in shallow water.

   • 1963, Florence Keene, O Te Raki: Maori Legends of the North, page 36:

     The hapuka is a very large deep-water species of groper, highly esteemed in New Zealand as a fish with a rich flavour.

Estonian

Adjective

hapuka

1. genitive singular of hapukas