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Nahunaiki

—Little bites (a new word developed for the cookie cutter shark)

All ʻ?lelo of the Week

Hauʻoli Lorenzo-Elarco, Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Language, Honolulu Community College

This newly introduced Hawaiian name for the cookie cutter shark is part of recently published research on one of the ocean¡¯s most elusive predators, which Lorenzo-Elarco co-authored.

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