magara² beardfish, a fish with a little beard on its chin

• • beardfish, a fish with a little beard on its chin
  • • animals, fishes

  Scientific Name

  Polymixiidae

  • • Example 4017:
      

      A magara a iana a sii bebeahu koa. Na teitei batana tea maa hum kakaamuru ae teo vasu mee. Na teitei me nana bona ta bua sii taba e ta bua ta bebeahu ketaa nae to dao suku riori bari bona magara. Na aniani batana bono kasuana ae meha maa taba vaa teo kasuana. A magara na aniani ria tavaan. Na kavekave riori bara rahi riori me.

      The beardfish, this fish is not very long. It stays in places with white sand and also in the stones. It has two little long things on its chin because of which it is called "the beard". It eats the sand and other things in the sand. The beardfish is eaten by the people. They net and catch it with a string.

      Source: Vaa 09W 242-246

    • Example 4018:
      

      Na tei me nana bona maa kakukaku iana magara. O giroasi teori na tapatapau batana. Beori o tootoo, eori repaa tei me rori bono peho kaku, beori mate, o giroasi teori repaa tapau.

      There are different kinds of beardfish. Their colour changes. When they are alive, they have one kind of colour, when they die, their colour changes.

      Source: Eno 20W 006-009

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  • basiaun Goldsaddle Goatfish
  • giroasi colour
  • tara potee look like something or somebody
  • tii mi have something
  • tootoo alive