pīokeoke
Maori
Noun
pīokeoke
- spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
- Synonyms: mangō hapū, mangō pekepeke, mangō tara, okeoke, pioke
- spotted estuary smooth-hound (Mustelus lenticulatus)
- Synonyms: makō, mangō, pioke
References
- Williams, William (1852) A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, second edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 120: “Piókeóke, s. A small shark.”