Titiwi

Quick meaning: Titiwi is a noun meaning (Caribbean) A juvenile goby.

Meaning

(Caribbean) A juvenile goby.

Example Sentences

We used to go and get watercress and titiwi - walking through the bushes, going to the garden.

At certain times of the year a delicious and diminutive fry of clear gray color, known as "titiri," is taken in sheets at the river mouths.

Ackra is a kind of seasoned and fried fritter, often made from codfish, breadfruit, tannia and, from September to November, in the days after the moon's last quarter, titiwi, which is a juvenile goby caught in fine nets at the mouths of rivers.

In addition to these staples, the villagers are supplied animal proteins from wild animals and creatures such as manique (tree kangaroo), agoutis (Dasyprocta spp.) ciwiks (land crab), viyos (stream snail), cuibishes (cray fish), titiwis (sea fish), etc.

Word Forms

• titiwis
• titiri

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Related dictionary entries include goby, tiddler, tigerfish, tautog, tibrie, tautaug.

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