Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoki

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: ho-ki
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake.

Example Sentences

"Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish."

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori hoki (“blue grenadier”).

Questions

What does hoki mean?: The blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake.
Where does hoki come from?: Borrowed from Māori hoki (“blue grenadier”).

How to pronounce hoki

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