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Maori
Etymology
Reduplication of piha.
Noun
pihapiha
- a blowhole (of a cetacean)
- a gill (of an aquatic animal)
Further reading
- “pihapiha” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.