weta
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of weta
Māori
Example Sentences
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The Maori intended to eat the kiore, but the rats multiplied and spread far faster than they could be consumed, along the way feasting on weta, young tuatara, and the eggs of ground-nesting birds.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2014
The authors of the new paper suggest that the weta may no longer be found on the one island that was previously its home.
From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2014
This newest weta was discovered on the Denniston Plateau on the sparsely populated west coast of New Zealand’s South Island.
From Scientific American • Dec. 11, 2012
In our creepiest Halloween decor category, the heaviest "reliably reported" insect, according to the University of Florida's Book of Insect Records, is the giant weta.
From National Geographic
And yet the weta is outweighed by a larvae, the grub of the goliath beetle, which weighs in at 4.1 ounces.
From National Geographic
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