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Webster 1913 Edition


Upokororo

Uˊpo-ko-ro′ro

,
Noun.
[From the native Maori name.]
(Zool.)
An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish (
Prototroctes oxyrhynchus
) of the family
Haplochitonidae
. In general appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Called also
grayling
.