kararehe
1. (noun) animal (especially with four legs), beast, quadruped.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 49;)
He kararehe whakamīharo te raiona, te arewhana, te ēkara (TTT 1/8/1925:272). / The lion, elephant and eagle are amazing animals.
Synonyms: kurī
whare patu kararehe
1. (noun) freezing works, abattoir.
Taka ana ki a Tonga te mahi whakahaere ki te whakawhiti atu i te hunga tūao o Waikato ki roto ki ngā mahi, pērā i ngā mahi poka waro me ngā mahi i ngā whare patu kararehe (TTR 1996:82). / It fell to Tonga to organise the voluntary transfer of Waikato people into work such as the coal mines and freezing works.
kaimātai
1. (noun) -ologist, specialist - usually followed by a modifier, e.g. kaimātai kararehe (zoologist), kaimātai koiora (biologist).
Ko te matatika koiora te āta tirotiro i ngā take ka hua mai i ngā kaupapa e whāia ana e ngā kaimātai koiora (RP 2009:280). / Bioethics is the study of issues arising from advances in the biological sciences.
