Oram n.d.
Oram, N. D. n.d. [Manuscript on Motu names for fish and other marine life]. Unpublished ms.
Links
References
Sections
- 4.2 Fish
- 4.3 Stability and change in Oceanic fish names
- 4.7 Insects and other creepy-crawlies
Words
- Motu: sio
Parupeneus spp.
- Motu: buna
Psenes arafurensis, eyebrowfish
- Motu: bebe
Chaetodon spp.
- Motu: karava (gira-gira)
parrotfish: Chlorurus strongylocephalus, (purple-headed parrotfish); Callyodon formosus, (Kellogg’s parrotfish); Scarus microrhinos (blunt-headed parrotfish). Gira gira refers to colour. Face is bent with large forehead
- Motu: mariboi
large fruit bat, flying fox