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hōtete

1. (noun) caterpillar, kūmara moth caterpillar, Agrius convolvuli caterpillar.

Otiia hei aha te ngaro noa ai ētahi o ngā purapura pai e ruia ana tērā pea e hua ake ētahi, me te tangata hoki e whakatō ana i tana kānga e whā ngā pata ki te pukepuke kotahi, ā e rua anake ngā mea e tupu, ko ētahi ka pau i te hōtete, i te mōwhitiwhiti rānei (TK 2/10/1884:39). / But some good seeds are scattered and perhaps some bear fruit, and a person plants four grains in a single mound and only two grow and others are consumed by caterpillars and grasshoppers.

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Synonyms: mūharu, mūwharu, anuhe

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