paadea kind of queenfish; jack

• • kind of queenfish; jack
  • • animals, fishes

  Scientific Name

  Carangidae

  • • Example 5209:
      

      A paadea a iana. A iana bona a apaapa koa, evehee a sii tatabonata koa. A iana bona na daodao raara bona sarep, ei kou na potee koana bona. O karivana nae na taato batana tea kuriraara, ei beara ato bata ni rae.

      The paadea is a fish. This fish is thin but a bit broad. It is called sarep, because it is looks like a sarep (a knife for cutting grass). Its scales stick at our hands, when we hold it.

      Source: Sii 42W 118-122

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• See also:
  • taato stick on (one's hands)