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1. huhu, n. View full entry 1848
...The beetle Prionoplus reticularis, or its larva (in full huhu grub), found in decayed timber....
2. kakariki, n. View full entry 1855
...A New Zealand green parrakeet of the genus Platycercus....
3. korimako, n. View full entry 1855
...A New Zealand honey-eater, the bell-bird, Anthornis melanura....
4. koromiko, n. View full entry 1855
...A New Zealand shrub, a white-flowered arborescent species of Veronica (Hebe salicifolia)....
5. mako, n.1 View full entry 1848
...More fully mako shark. A large mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, with a deep blue back, found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide. Also called blue pointer....
6. mako, n.2 View full entry 1848
...= makomako (In quot. 1861: a log cut from this tree.)...
7. makomako, n.1 View full entry 1848
...The New Zealand bellbird, Anthornis melanura (family Meliphagidae); = korimako Cf. moki-mok, moko-moko...
8. makomako, n.2 View full entry 1848
...A small New Zealand tree of forest clearings, Aristotelia serrata (family Elaeocarpaceae), which bears clusters of small pink flowers and bright or dark red berries; also called ...
9. mangeao, n. View full entry 1848
...A New Zealand tree, Litsea calicaris, of the family Lauraceae, with tough, light brown wood....
10. moa, n. View full entry 1839
...Any of several large extinct flightless birds resembling emus, of the order Dinornithiformes, found in New Zealand from the Pliocene or late Miocene until after the arrival of humans during...
11. moho, n.2 View full entry 1848
...The takahe, Porphyrio mantelli, a flightless rail....
12. monoao, n. View full entry 1847
...A heathlike New Zealand shrub, Dracophyllum subulatum (family Epacridaceae), which has slender, rigid leaves....
13. ngaio, n. View full entry 1849
...A New Zealand evergreen shrub or small tree, Myoporum laetum (family Myoporaceae), bearing clusters of white flowers and yielding a light white timber. Also ngaio tree....
14. ongaonga, n. View full entry 1842
...The New Zealand tree nettle, Urtica ferox, which has virulent stinging hairs and grows into a shrub of up to 10 feet (3 metres) in height....
15. rauriki, n. View full entry 1848
...Any of several kinds of sowthistle (genus Sonchus), introduced Eurasian weeds used as a vegetable by the Maori; esp. smooth sowthistle, S. oleraceus (contrasted with ...
16. tauhinu, n. View full entry 1848
...An evergreen shrub, Pomaderris phylicifolia, of the family Rhamnaceæ, native to New Zealand and south-eastern Australia and bearing downy leaves and clusters of small yellow flowers. Also ...
17. tekoteko, n. View full entry 1848
...In Maori art, a carved human figure, esp. one placed on the gable of a house....
