kuruu snake (general term)

Part of Speech n2
    • snake (general term)
      • animals, reptiles
      • Example 1326:
        O dovi tea kuruu o kakaavoo.
        The spittle of the snake is white.
        Source:
        Jan 03W 003
      • Example 3936:
        A tovasuae a meha kuruu vaa tahii.
        The tovasuae is another snake of the sea.
        Source:
        Eno 11W 220
      • Example 3937:
        A vigogiri a sii kuruu vai to tei batana komana tahii.
        The vigogiri is a little snake that stays in the sea.
        Source:
        Eno 11W 247
      • Example 3938:
        A kuruu be tau vavenu, ore paa hopo tea maa hum patana, ore paa obete teebona. A obete bona pasi anteu be vavenu, ore paa vakikis bona suin nae, ore paa nao pete.
        When the snake is about to shed its skin, it slips into the thicket and lies there. While lying there it can shed its skin and thus strengthen its body, and then it moves on.
        Source:
        Sii 2008W 105-106

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