kikipounamu
1. (noun) katydid, Caedicia simplex - a common green insect found on garden shrubs, well-camouflaged by its leaf-like shape and the leaf-vein patterns on its wings. It can jump or fly.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 73;)
He koronga nōku kia tae au ki ngā uru kahika, ki Ohui, ki Oama, kia kata noa mai te kīkītara, kotikotipa, ē, kōhurehure, kikipounamu (M 2004:86). / I have a desire to reach the kahikatea groves at Ohui and Oama, so that the cicada, the rifleman and the katydid may laugh.
