whatuaro
1. (noun) belly fat (of fish).
Ka mataku te wahine rā i te upoko rā, ka rere ki te whatuaro. Ka kī ano te tangata rā. "Māku tonu te whatuaro, te wāhi i takoto ai taku mōunu." (M 2005:316). / The wife was afraid to eat the head and reached for the belly fat. The man again said, "The belly fat is for me too, as that is the place where my bait lay."