lakatoi

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lakatoi (plural lakatois or lakatoi)

  1. A double-hulled sailing watercraft of Papua New Guinea.
  2. (philately, early 20th century) any of the series of postage stamps issued in British New Guinea and Papua featuring a design of a lakatoi.
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