tāpahipare
1. (noun) male rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above with whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also kōrurerure, tītitipounamu
Synonyms: toirua, piripiri, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, kikimutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, momoutu, kōhurehure
kōrurerure
1. (noun) female rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The female is streaked dark and light brown with whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: toirua, piripiri, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, kikimutu, momotawai, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, momoutu, kōhurehure
kikimutu
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: kōhurehure, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, toirua, piripiri
kōhurehure
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: kikimutu, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, toirua, piripiri
kotikotipa
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: kikimutu, kōhurehure, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, toirua, piripiri
kōtipatipa
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: toirua, piripiri, kotikotipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, momoutu, kikimutu, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, momotawai, kōhurehure
kōtitititi
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: toirua, piripiri, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, momoutu, kikimutu, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, momotawai, kōhurehure
momotawai
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: toirua, piripiri, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, kikimutu, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, momoutu, kōhurehure
mōutuutu
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: kikimutu, kōhurehure, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, toirua, piripiri
momoutu
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: toirua, piripiri, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, kikimutu, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, momotawai, kōhurehure
muhumuhu
1. (verb) (-a) to push through overgrown vegetation.
Tata ki te marama kotahi ngā hōia 1100 e muhumuhu haere ana kia takahia te 15 māero mai i Pēwhairangi (NZH 2016). / For nearly a month 1100 soldiers were pushing through overgrown vegetation to travel the 15 miles from the Bay of Islands.
2. (modifier) discontented, disaffected, muttering, disgruntled, dissatisfied.
I taua wā nei, ka riro mai i ngā pirihimana he kōrero whakaatu a tētehi tonu o ngā apataki muhumuhu a Puna (TTR 1996:223). / This time the police obtained testimony from a disaffected follower of Puna.
Synonyms: hamumu
3. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: kōhurehure, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, kikimutu, toirua, piripiri
pihipihi
1. (noun) silvereye, waxeye, white-eye, Zosterops lateralis lateralis - a small, common, green bird with a conspicuous white eye-ring, olive-green head and upperparts, a grey back and creamy-white underparts with pinkish-brown flanks. This photograph is of fledgling birds.
(Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)
Synonyms: hiraka, tauhou, kanohi mōwhiti, mōtengitengi, pīkaraihe, poporohe, iringatau, whiorangi
2. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: tokepiripiri, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, kikimutu, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, pipiriki, kōhurehure, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, piripiri, toirua
pipiriki
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: toirua, piripiri, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, kikimutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, momoutu, kōhurehure
piripiri
1. (verb) (-ngia) to keep close, close together, stick, cling, adhere.
I pōuri tonu te rangi me te whenua i mua: ko Rangi rāua ko Papa e piripiri tonu ana, kāore anō i wehea noatia (KO 16/9/1886:4). / Formerly the sky and the land were still in darkness: Rangi and Papa still clung together and were not yet separated.
2. (noun) burr, biddy-bid, Acaena anserinifolia - a common creeping native plant with toothed leaves, white flowers like a spiky ball and fruit of green burrs, turning reddish brown.
See also hutiwai
Synonyms: piriwhetau, kaikaiārure, pirikahu, kaiā, kaiārurerure, hutiwai
3. (noun) drooping filmy fern, Hymenophyllum demissum - the commonest of all filmy ferns, especially on the ground in wetter parts of the country. Has large smooth fronds.
4. (noun) filmy fern, Hymenophyllum sanguinolentum - a terrestrial or epiphytic native fern forming dense patches. Rhizomes long-creeping, slender, fronds dark green, strongly aromatic and was used as a scent. Stipes 20-90 mm long and slender. A very common and widespread species of closed or open forest and shrub-land from coastal to subalpine areas. Also a common species of shaded canyon walls, cliff faces, rock tors, boulder-field and talus slopes.
5. (noun) pygmy tree orchid, Ichthyostomum pygmaeum - a tiny orchid that forms tangled mats of rhizomes and pseudobulbs.One leaf grows from each pseudobulb. Leaves are pointed, green to dark green, 4-10 mm long and 2-4 mm wide with a slightly rough upper surface. Often epiphytic on bumpy bark and outer limbs of trees in coastal and montane forest.
6. (noun) Gonocarpus incanus - wiry, erect or diffusely branched endemic herb up to 40 cm. tall.
7. (noun) Gonocarpus micranthus subsp. micranthus - a slender native herb up to 10 cm. tall, rooting from lowest nodes and having many stems.
8. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, toirua, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, titipounamu, mōutuutu, tītitipounamu, kikimutu, tokepiripiri, muhumuhu, kōhurehure, hōutuutu, kotikotipa, pihipihi
titipounamu
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: kikimutu, kōhurehure, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, tokepiripiri, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, toirua, piripiri
toirua
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, piripiri, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, titipounamu, mōutuutu, tītitipounamu, kikimutu, tokepiripiri, muhumuhu, kōhurehure, hōutuutu, kotikotipa, pihipihi
tītitipounamu
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
He manu iti noho wao te tītitipounamu, ā, he tino poto ngā hūmaeko. / The rifleman is a small bird that inhabits the forest and it has very short tail feathers.
Synonyms: toirua, piripiri, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, kikimutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, hōutuutu, momoutu, kōhurehure
tokepiripiri
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: kikimutu, kōhurehure, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, toirua, piripiri
hōutuutu
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: kikimutu, kōhurehure, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, toirua, piripiri