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monzombo-moke
mo-nzo-mbo-MO-ke
small mud eel
French: petite anguille de vase
Bana bakangi monzombo-moke na potopoto.
The children caught a small mud eel in the swamp.
Les enfants ont attrapé une petite anguille de vase dans le marécage.
Monzombo-moke — literally "small swamp eel." A small mud eel found in marshy ground and river-edge mud. Children catch these with their hands in the swamp mud; they are grilled whole and eaten as a snack.
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