haeasita kind of suckerfish

Part of Speech n2
    • kind of suckerfish
      • animals, fishes
    • Scientific Name Echeneidae
      • Example 1808:
        O haeasita o peho sii kaku iana to rakorakoto batari teo bakubaku, teo goroto ae teo iana bebeera. O koma kaapee ae o apaapa. Beori beera, eori repaa tapute kahi ri bono bakubaku, goroto ae teo iana bebeera. Na gonogono kaakoo ri raara tea araa ge beara rahi a bakubaku, eara repaa gono riori, beori rakoto batari tea suin rio bakubaku.
        The suckerfish are a kind of fish that stick on the sharks, the turtles, and the big fish. They have a flat stomach and are thin. When they are big, they fall off the sharks, turtles and big fish. We catch them by line fishing, or when we catch a shark, we get them, when they stick on the body of the sharks.
        Source: Eno 11W 059-066

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  • See also:
    • bakubaku shark (generic term)
    • goroto turtle
    • rakorakoto stick on something (habitually or many things on many other things)
    • rakoto stick on something; cling to something