, called later Polyprion prognathus(see quotation, 1895), pronounced hapuka, frequentlycorrupted into habuka, the Groper (q. Murrayseveral years ago invited assistance from this end of the worldfor words and uses of words peculiar to Australasia, or toparts of it. This use is given in the `Standard,' butwithout quotations; it may be American.
Captain Cook got it from the Endeavor River blacks,who pronounce it to-day exactly as it is spelled in the greatnavigator's journal, but they use it now only for the big toe. (1) Acacia glaucescens, Willd. flaviventris, Gray; Maori name, Riro-riro. the only species of thegenus Sarcophilus (q.
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