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How do you say dolphin in maori?

Updated: 12/21/2022
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Papahu means dolphin or porpoise (a transliteration of the English 'porpoise').

Terehu is the Maori name for the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).

Tupoupou is the Maori name for the Hector's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori).

Maki is the Maori name for the Orca or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca).

Aihe is the Maori name for the Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis).

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