katipo

/ ˈkætɪˌpəʊ; ˈkɑːd- /

noun

1. a small venomous spider, Latrodectus katipo, of New Zealand, commonly black with a red or orange stripe on the abdomen

Word History and Origins

Origin of katipo¹

Māori

Example Sentences

And now we may take breath for a minute or two, praise old Katipo, and cut off the pig's ears as a trophy.

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Then Katipo discovers a small family of pigs comfortably stowed away among the dense vegetation of a little marshy hollow.

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A great, heavy sow passes close before me, with Katipo tearing at her ear.

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Katipo killed a kiwi in the course of our morning's hunt, and this bird is now being skinned, cut up, and roasted on sticks.

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The katipo is a small poisonous spider confined to New Zealand.

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