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
“This weta might occur elsewhere as well as Denniston, but what it highlights is that destroying distinctive habitat is likely to destroy biodiversity even before we know it is there,” Trewick said.
From Scientific American • Dec. 11, 2012
M.U. is also currently undertaking a project—called Beta Weta Geta—to classify the taxonomy and biodiversity of all of New Zealand’s cave weta species.
From Scientific American • Dec. 11, 2012
According to Fact Bites: Bug Bites by Roger Priddy, the weta is referred to by the Maori as “the god of ugly things.”
From National Geographic
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
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