katipo

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori katipo.

Noun

katipo (plural katipos)

  1. A venomous spider, Latrodectus katipo, endemic to New Zealand.
    • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 343:
      The little katipo strolls unhurriedly across her palm. “I'm not squashing it. It's not bothered.”

See also

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori katipo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

katipo (plural katipo's, diminutive katipo'tjie)

  1. katipo; a venomous spider endemic to New Zealand
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