2. (noun) Pacific azolla, azolla, red azolla, Azolla rubra - an aquatic, floating plant frequenting shallow water bodies such as ponds, lake margins, dams and slow flowing streams. Also present in swamps on muddy ground, occasionally establishing in cattle troughs. Dark-red (when exposed) or light green.
2. (adjective) be light green, pale green.
3. (noun) light green, pale green.
Synonyms: kārikitea, kārerarera
4. (noun) wooden handle of a greenstone chisel.
5. (noun) forestock, forearm (of a gun) - section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle used to hold the firearm steady and is usually made out of wood or composite material.
2. (adjective) sea green.
3. (adjective) blue-green.
2. (noun) kākāriki, yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green native parrots with long tails.
See also kākāriki
Synonyms: kākāriki, porete, torete, tōreterete, pōwhaitere, pōreterete, kākāwaiariki, kākāwariki
3. (noun) green tree gecko and jewelled gecko, Naultinus spp. - green geckos of various species found in low, dense shrubbery.
Synonyms: kākāriki
poroka
1. (noun) introduced frogs, green bell-frog, Litoria aurea , southern bell-frog, Litoria raniformis - two very similar introduced frogs which are larger than native frogs. The southern bell-frog is browner than the green bell-frog.
Synonyms: poraka
moko kākāriki
1. (noun) green tree gecko and jewelled gecko, Naultinus spp. - green geckos of various species found in low, dense shrubbery.
See also kākāriki
2. (adjective) be green (in colour).
3. (noun) yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green parrots with long tails.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 13, 163;)
Synonyms: kākā, tōreterete, pōwhaitere, pōreterete, kākāwaiariki, kākāwariki, kawariki, porete, torete
4. (noun) green tree gecko and jewelled gecko, Naultinus spp. - green geckos of various species found in low, dense shrubbery.
Synonyms: kawariki
5. (noun) green (colour).
6. (noun) rock melon, cantaloupe.
Synonyms: merengi rāka
2. (noun) native mint, Mentha cunninghamii - a low creeping plant with tiny tightly packed mint-scented leaves and small white flowers in summer. A common plant of grassland and open places throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
3. (noun) New Zealand pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae - native bird with head and upperparts brown and streaked darker brown similar to a skylark but more slender, with the habit of flicking its long tail up and down. It inhabits open areas but avoids intensively farmed land.
2. (stative) be dark green, greeny-blue, emerald.
pōrohe
1. (noun) smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna, Stokell's smelt, Stokellia anisodon - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Common smelt is found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, but Stokell's smelt is only found in the lower reaches of rivers in the Marlborough-Canterbury coast. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
2. (noun) blue mussel, Mytilus edulis - a bivalve mollusc found attached to rocks between tides. It has a dark bluish-black shell on the outside.
See also toretore
4. (noun) young of eels and other fish.
2. (verb) to be of pleasing appearance, aesthetically pleasing, appealing, attractive.
3. (modifier) lush, green, growing vigorously, verdant.
4. (noun) lushness, greenness.
Synonyms: ngaore
