Weta
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwɛtə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Weta is a noun meaning (New Zealand) Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.
Meaning
(New Zealand) Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.
Example Sentences
It also carried […] the forebears of wētā insects and the worm-caterpillar peripatus.
We came to know by heart […] her excitement on her first day at school at seeing a weta crawling on brother Willy's knee (‘Oooh, look on Willy's knee!’) […].
Word Forms
- wetas
Related Words
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