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ʻakilolo / ʻaki.lolo / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. n., A wrasse fish of the hīnālea type (Gomphosus varius). Literally, brain biting.

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    • Also: hīnālea ʻakilolo.
    • This fish was used by priests as the pani #2 or closing medicine for head diseases. The taro or sugar cane of the same name might substitute.

2. n., A variety of sugar cane, striped with green and deep purplish-red when young, with yellow and red when older; named for the fish.

3. n., A variety of taro.

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