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wāpi

1. (loan) (noun) wasps of various species.

Tērā kei Ingarangi ngā ngaro e rua, ko te pī, ko te wāpi (Popi 1896:120). / In England there are two fly-like insects called the bee and the wasp.

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wahapī

1. (noun) wasp.

E rima ngā momo wahapī rāwaho i tau mai ki Aotearoa i te takiwā o te tau 1940. Five introduced species of wasps landed here in Aotearoa at around 1940. /

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