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ngaro huruhuru

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Maori

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Etymology

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From ngaro (“fly, similar plump flying insect”) +‎ huruhuru (“fur”) altogether lit. “furry fly”

Noun

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ngaro huruhuru

  1. bee, any native pollinating insect in the family Colletidae of pan-apian clade Anthophila.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Ngaire Hart (2018) Ngaro Huruhuru o Aotearoa‎[1], Manaaki Whenua

Further reading

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  • “ngaro huruhuru” 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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