humuhumunukunukuapua'a


hu·mu·hu·mu·nu·ku·nu·ku·a·pu·a'a

H0324650 (ho͞o′mo͞o-ho͞o′mo͞o-no͞o′ko͞o-no͞o′ko͞o-ä′po͞o-ä′ä′)n. pl. humuhumunukunukuapua'a or hu·mu·hu·mu·nu·ku·nu·ku·a·pu·a'·as Either of two triggerfishes, Rhinecanthus aculeatus or R. rectangulus, native to warm coastal waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
[Hawaiian humuhumu-nukunuku-ā-pua'a, trigger fish with a blunt snout like a pig's : humuhumu, small trigger fish (from reduplication of Proto-Polynesian *sumu, trigger fish) + nukunuku, small snout : reduplication of nuku, snout + ā, like + pua'a, pig.]