monemone noa
1. (verb) to be completely destroyed, obliterated, swept clean away, wiped out.
Monemone noa ngā haupū papa o te mira kani rākau i Te Kōpuru, i Te Wairoa, Kaipara (TKO 15/9/1883:2). / The stacks of timber of the sawmill at Te Kōpuru, Te Wairoa, Kaipara, were completely destroyed.
Synonyms: orooro, pāhorehore
kuhakuha
1. (noun) large dog cockle, Tucetona laticostata - a circular-shaped, bivalve mollusc that lives partly buried in gravel or coarse sand along clean-swept channels at depths of 5-75 m. Shell thick and strong, yellowish to rusty-brown or pinkish with reddish-brown blotches and white inside with a grooved lip.
2. (noun) small dog cockle, Glycymeris medesta - a marine bivalve mollusc that lives in fine sand from shallow water to depths of 75 m. Solid shell, whitish to orange-brown, or reddish-brown or streaked with these colours. White and purple-brown inside.
piriwai
1. (noun) mayfly - an insect widespread in Aotearoa/New Zealand rivers and streams. Adults are short-lived and at rest its wings point straight up like sails. The nymph stage is found on the undersides of river stones, they are easy to identify by their three long tail filaments. They drift downstream in the current, and fish feed on them. The typical length including the tail is 15 millimetres. Behind the legs, along the sides of the body, are feathered gills for breathing underwater. The bodies are often flattened to form a low profile to the current, which helps prevent them being swept away. There are about 40 endemic species of mayfly.
