单词 | inanga |
释义 | inangan. 1. The New Zealand name for a small fish, Galaxias attenuatus, the young form of which is called whitebait. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > [noun] > member of family Galaxiidae mudfish1502 inanga1845 cockabully1874 smig1879 mountain trout1882 kokopu1886 jolly-tail1892 minnow1898 bully1912 1845 E. J. Wakefield Adventure in N.Z. II. 100 This fish is called hinanga, and resembles Blackwall whitebait in size and flavour. 1896 Australasian 28 Aug. 407/3 About the same size as this fish is the ‘inaka’ much used for bait. a1939 ‘R. Hyde’ Houses by Sea (1952) 64 Brown women drying out inanga. 1944 Mod. Jun. Dict. (Whitcombe & Tombs) 209 Inanga, Inaka, the Maori name of the small fish called ‘whitebait’ in New Zealand; inanga in the north, inaka in the south. 1959 N. B. Tindale & H. A. Lindsay Rangatira x. 93 Every year shoals of the tiny, delicious inanga fish came up the creeks from the sea. 1962 Post-Primary School Bull. (N.Z.) 15 i. 26 Whitebait belongs to the species Galaxias attenuatus... The adult fish, called Inanga, reach a length of about four inches. 2. An evergreen shrub or small tree, Dracophyllum longifolium, belonging to the family Epacridaceæ and native to New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > evergreens pine1788 angophora1804 ohia1815 pate1832 pohutukawa1832 Moreton Bay chestnut1836 Olearia1839 horopito1847 ramarama1848 matipo1853 white pine1856 musk tree1866 manoao1867 patete1867 puka1867 rangiora1867 tawhiri1872 tarata1876 lemon-wood1879 Otago ivy-tree1883 horizontal1888 lehua1888 inanga1889 mountain pine1889 puka1889 Queensland kauri1889 sheep-bush1889 wilga1889 mutton-bird tree1891 tree-daisy1926 1889 T. Kirk Forest Flora N.Z. 215 Mr. Charles Traill informs me that it [sc. Dracophyllum longifolium] is termed ‘inaka’ by the Maoris on Stewart Island. 1910 L. Cockayne N.Z. Plants 76 In similar situations [sc. along the coastline] the inuka (Dracophyllum longifolium) and the smaller New Zealand flax (Phormium Cookianum) are common. 1929 W. Martin N.Z. Nature Bk. viii. 126 The Inanga ranges in size from a small shrub..to a tree 15 to 30 ft. high. 1961 H. H. Allan Flora N.Z. I. 532 D. longifolium... Inanga... The Forsterian specimens I have seen are scrappy. 1968 N.Z. Listener 15 Mar. 6/5 Lying in its sheltered cove..complete with its own rata tree, inaka bushes, and great cushy heaps of golden-green moss. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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