kioru2 greyish and whitish spotted puffer fish with rough skin like sandpaper

Part of Speech n2
    • greyish and whitish spotted puffer fish with rough skin like sandpaper
      • animals, fishes
      • Scientific Name Tetraodontidae
      • Example 3413:
        A kioru na bebeera nana rapana namana ei irihi bara na teitei batana tea kopua teo puhana. A kioru saka toutou haana, a kapa nae na ranii koana. A kioru a kapa ponoto. Na aniani batana bono katoo, kehaa ae kori batana bono vasu mee. A kioru na aniani ria meha papa tavaan.
        The pufferfish grows up near the ocean here at the edge of the reef; at high tide it stays at the lagoon. A pufferfish is not prickly, its skin is only rough. The pufferfish has a thick skin. It eats crabs, shellfish and also chews stones. The kioru is eaten by some people.
        Source: Vaa 09W 182-186
      • Example 3414:
        A kioru a suin nae a toutou. Bean huriki kahie bona tahii, ore paa kioru, ore kakahi taporo oha. A rivo na kioru na potee nana bona ihu guu.
        The body of the pufferfish has spikes. When you push it out of the water (onto the reef with a stick), it puffs up, so that it almost bursts. The mouth of the pufferfish is like the pig snout.
        Source: Sii 46W 107-111

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  • See also:
    • ranii1 rough (to touch); irritate somebody's skin
    • toutou1 sting; prick; be prickly
    • huriki kahi push something away from its place with a stick
    • kapa1 cover (of something); skin (of animals, root crops, etc., but not of humans); shell of turtles and shellfish; exoskeleton; bark of trees
    • kapa ponoto (of animals) thick-skinned; with a thick skin; having a thick shell
    • poovo puff out air, shrink, lose air / flat (of tyre)
    • rivo (of humans and animals) mouth