metaono freshwater eel

• • freshwater eel
  • • animals, fishes

  Scientific Name

  Anguillidae

  • • Example 418:
      

      Beara pipi a ruene eara repaa atoato koa rio metaono ge esuu.

      When we block the river, we catch eel and crayfish by hand.

      Source: Eno 16W 019

    • Example 1294:
      

      A metaono a suin dohidohi kurus.

      The fresh water eel has a very slippery body.

      Source: Eno 20W 024

    • Example 4482:
      

      A metaono a tokeree voen tea karebahu, evehee na teitei nana komana ruene. A metaono a bebeahu. Na aniani nana bono vahara iana, esuu, katoo bara kookaa.

      The fresh water eel is slim like the saltwater eel (the karebahu moray), but it stays in the rivers. The fresh water eel is long. It feeds on little fish, crayfish, crabs and grasshoppers.

      Source: Jub 02W 032-035

    • Example 4483:
      

      A taba vaa ruene na ato raara en komana ruene beara tarae, na potee nana bona karebahu vaa tahii.

      The creature of the river, we catch it by hand in the river when we see it, it is similar to the moray of the sea.

      Source: Eno 11W 150-152

Related entries

• See also:
  • karebahu moray
  • atoato catch usually with the hands / hold or get hold of many people or things
  • dohidohi slippery
  • pipi stop something; block something (e.g. a river)
  • taba² creature; animal
  • tokeree slim