kukurii worm; maggot; larva

Part of Speech n2
    • worm; maggot; larva
      • animals, insects
      • Example 933:
        A taba vai avuhu hata taa! Na besuu kukurii oha nana.
        This thing smells bad! It is all over teeming with worms.
        Source: Sii 10W 108-109
      • Example 1842:
        E toa bara a vahara beiko teve na hake rori bona uraan, na ani batari bona vahara kukurii.
        The chicken and its chicks scratch the sea rubbish, eating the small worms.
        Source: Sii 47W 015-016
      • Example 3869:
        O kukurii na tavus rori teo rupi teo taovuvuu. O kukurii bona o bebeera. O kukurii he teo nano o rutarutaa koa. Eara mee na igosi kurus ni rara o kukurii nano. Ahiki ta aba to rake nana tea tara ri bono kukurii, ei beori besuu rori toon na taba vai a koava.
        The maggots come out of the eggs of the big black flies. These maggots are big. But the maggots of the (normal) flies are only small. We are also disgusted by the maggots of flies. Nobody wants to see the maggots when they are crowding on something rotten.
        Source: Sii 10W 096-101

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