āwhato

Maori

Alternative forms

  • āwheto

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qafato (“large grub”).

Noun

āwhato

  1. vegetable caterpillar of species Ophiocordyceps robertsii of New Zealand

Further reading

  • “āwhato” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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