maomao

/ ˈmɑːɒmɑːɒ /

noun

1. either of two small New Zealand edible fish, the pink maomao caprodon langimanus and the blue maomao scorpis acquipinnus

Word History and Origins

Origin of maomao¹

Māori

Example Sentences

Splayed out on a pink towel next to Ms. Xu was her companion, a toothless white Chihuahua named Maomao, who was burying his snout into a mound of torn-up hot dog pieces.

From New York Times

Every winter for the past 13 years, Ms. Xu, a retired airline worker, and Maomao have left their home in the frigid northeastern city of Harbin to stay in Sanya.

From New York Times

Like Ms. Xu and Maomao, more than half of the nearly 400,000 retired snowbirds who flock to Sanya every year are said to hail from China’s northeast.

From New York Times

"Lin Maomao" says: "I think it is quite a strange phenomenon: some men do not want to hear a woman say she does not want to get married."

From BBC

For example, the cases of Duo Maomao, Sun Zhigang, the students crushed in the 2008 earthquake, or even my case - they've all been because ordinary people have pushed and pushed for change.

From New York Times