Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
A longhorn beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, of the Cerambycidae family; the largest endemic beetle found in New Zealand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: huhu
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Māori huhu, which specifically refers to the larval form, from Proto-Polynesian *fufu.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
