mangōpare
1. (noun) hammerhead shark, Sphyrna zygaena - an ashy-grey coloured shark with lateral extensions of the skull shaped like a double-headed hammer. The eyes are at the extremities of the hammerhead.
E toru ngā momo kōwhaiwhai kei runga i ngā poupou. Kei runga i tētahi ko te mangōpare (TWK 51:31). / There are three types of painted artwork on the posts. On one is a hammerhead shark.
2. (noun) traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern - symbolises the hammerhead shark.
