1. (verb) to be lying in a heap.
Te mea hei tītaritari haere i te mate nei he kiore, ko tana patunga hoki tēnā i te tuatahi. Ki te kitea te kiore e whārona ana kua mate, e kore e takitaro ka pāngia te tangata (HKW 1/4/1900:2). / The things that spread this disease were rats and they were the first to be killed. If rats were seen lying dead in a heap it wouldn't be long before humans were affected.
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