booboo¹ kind of triggerfish

• • kind of triggerfish
  • • animals, fishes

  Scientific Name

  Balistidae

  • • Example 1067:
      

      A booboo a iana a kapa kikis. Na teitei nana namana, irihi bara tea kopua ei beo puhana. A booboo a iana a mataa tea an. A tabaan teori o vahara taba to tei batari teo vasu ae o katoo bara mata vahara vasukare.

      The trigger fish is a fish with a strong skin. It lives in the ocean, at the edge of the reef, and in the lagoon when it is high tide. The trigger fish is a good fish to eat. Their food are little things that are on the stones, crabs, and little vasukare-corals.

      Source: Vaa 09W 079-082

    • Example 1068:
      

      A booboo a iana a kapa ponoto.

      The booboo trigger fish is a thick-skinned fish.

      Source: VaaSen 01W 519

    • Example 1069:
      

      A iana vai a kuvoto a peha vuu iana me bona booboo bara buoto.

      This triggerfish (called) kuvoto belongs to the same fish family as the booboo triggerfish and the buoto triggerfish.

      Source: Sii 46W 069

Related entries

• See also:
  • kapa kikis (of animals) having a strong skin
  • kapa ponoto (of animals) thick-skinned; with a thick skin; having a thick shell
  • vuu iana fish family
  • kuvoto kind of triggerfish