1. (loan) (personal name) White.

1. (noun) white shark, white pointer shark, great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias - the largest of man-eating sharks, with the largest individuals known to reach 6 metres in length and 2,268 kilograms in weight. Large spindle-shaped body with pointed snout. Near-symetrical tail, large first dorsal and very small second dorsal fin. Grey above and white below with a sharp demarcation between the two colours.

1. (noun) white rātā vine, Metrosideros albiflora, small white rātā, clinging rātā, Metrosideros perforata - vines with white, fluffy flowers. Metrosideros albiflora is found in northern North Island. Metrosideros perforata is a woody long-climbing vine. Leaves more or less circular, dark green above, pale green below, both surfaces covered in fineglandular spots (especially evident on leaf undersides). Flowers white (rarely pink) in dense, terminal, fluffy, clusters.

1. (noun) white rātā vine, Metrosideros albiflora, small white rātā, clinging rātā, Metrosideros perforata - vines with white, fluffy flowers. Metrosideros albiflora is found in northern North Island. Used for lashing toki, etc.

1. (noun) white shark, white pointer, Carcharodon carcharias - a large heavy-bodied shark found in temperate and tropical waters. Eats a wide variety of fish and birds and attacks humans. Noted for its broadly triangular teeth with serrated edges. The largest of man-eating sharks, with the largest individuals known to reach 6 metres in length and 2,268 kilograms in weight. Large spindle-shaped body with pointed snout. Near-symetrical tail, large first dorsal and very small second dorsal fin. Grey above and white below with a sharp demarcation between the two colours.

1. (noun) white shark, white pointer, Carcharodon carcharias - a large, heavy-bodied shark found in temperate and tropical waters. Eats a wide variety of fish and birds and attacks humans. Noted for its broadly triangular teeth with serrated edges. The largest of man-eating sharks, with the largest individuals known to reach 6 metres in length and 2,268 kilograms in weight. Large spindle-shaped body with pointed snout. Near-symetrical tail, large first dorsal and very small second dorsal fin. Grey above and white below with a sharp demarcation between the two colours.

1. (noun) white shark, white pointer shark, Carcharodon carcharias - a large heavy-bodied shark found in temperate and tropical waters. Eats a wide variety of fish and birds and attacks humans. Noted for its broadly triangular teeth with serrated edges. The largest of man-eating sharks, with the largest individuals known to reach 6 metres in length and 2,268 kilograms in weight. Large spindle-shaped body with pointed snout. Near-symetrical tail, large first dorsal and very small second dorsal fin. Grey above and white below with a sharp demarcation between the two colours.

1. (noun) New Zealand white-faced storm petrel, Pelagodroma marina - a native petrel with white forehead, eyebrow and underparts. The back and upperwing are brownish-grey.

1. (noun) bird with white feathers, white swamp harrier - the plummage of a kāhu fade as the bird ages and some older adult males becomes pale grey.

1. (noun) white clay, white paint.

1. (noun) New Zealand white-faced storm petrel, Pelagodroma marina - a native petrel with white forehead, eyebrow and underparts. The back and upperwing are brownish-grey.

1. (noun) white butterfly,cabbage white, Pieris rapae - introduced from Europe and North America about 1930 and found throughout the country. Caterpillars eat cabbage, turnip, cauliflower and nasturtium.

1. (verb) to be intensely white, dazzling white.

1. (noun) white-fronted tern, Sterna striata - the most common tern on the coast of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Often found in large flocks. Has a long black bill, is pale grey and white with a black cap, which is separated from the bill by a white forehead. Juvenile is brown and white on upper parts.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 4;)

1. (noun) silvereye, waxeye, white-eye, Zosterops lateralis lateralis - a small, common, green bird with a conspicuous white eye-ring, olive-green head and upperparts, a grey back and creamy-white underparts with pinkish-brown flanks.

1. (verb) to be strange, unacquainted, new, exotic, unfamiliar.

1. (noun) white heron, Egretta alba, great egret, Ardea alba modesta - a rare white bird that has an obvious kink in its long neck and returns each year to Okarito on the West Coast to nest. All white plumage, bill yellow, legs and feet black. In alternate plumage it has delicate filoplumes on the neck and back, black bill and skin of the face bluish-green, and lower legs pinkish.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 69;)

1. (loan) (noun) silvereye, waxeye, white-eye, Zosterops lateralis lateralis - a small, common, green bird with a conspicuous white eye-ring, olive-green head and upperparts, a grey back and creamy-white underparts with pinkish-brown flanks.

1. (noun) silvereye, waxeye, white-eye, Zosterops lateralis lateralis - a small, common, green bird with a conspicuous white eye-ring, olive-green head and upperparts, a grey back and creamy-white underparts with pinkish-brown flanks.

1. (noun) silvereye, waxeye, white-eye, Zosterops lateralis lateralis - a small, common, green bird with a conspicuous white eye-ring, olive-green head and upperparts, a grey back and creamy-white underparts with pinkish-brown flanks.