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Name given for a section of a canoe rim, pronunciation unknown. (For. 5:612–3.)

1. s., Name of a species of fish.

2. Name of a kind of stone used in polishing canoes.

3. Name of a species of small bird.

s., A company or troop of ghosts; he huakai uhane; the same in respect of ghosts as huakai is in respect of men.

1. s., A long bundle of salt or fish; he oio paakai; he io kekahi inoa; also called io.

2. The name of a fish that burrows in the sand; o ka oio ka ia noho ma ke one.

s., o, fork, and io, flesh. A flesh hook; a flesh fork. Puk. 38:3.

1. n., A species of bone-fish. (Albula vulpes.) Color, brilliantly silvery along back and sides. Esteemed as a game fish. Length 18 inches to 3 feet. A favorite with eaters of raw fish.

2. n., A kind of stone used in polishing.

3. n., A species of noddy. (Anous stolidus.) Also called noio.

4. n., A long bundle of salt or fish; he oio paakai, he io kekahi inoa: also called io.

n., 1. An imaginary company or troop of ghosts, caused by delirium. See oiaio.

n., [O, fork, and io, flesh. A flesh hook; a flesh fork.

procession of ghosts. Land section, Koolauloa, Oahu.