hoto
1. (noun) barbed stinger, barb, spike (of a stingray).
Ko te upoko o te ika kei Te Whanganui-a-Tara i te tonga, ko tōna hiku kei te pito ki te raki. Ko Moehau te hoto o te whai, ko Taranaki me Te Tai Rāwhiti ngā pākau, ko te tuaiwi atu i Taupō ki Rotorua. Ko Maungapōhatu te manawa o te ika (Te Ara 2015). / The head of the fish is at Wellington in the south, and its tail is at the northern end. The barbed stinger of the stingray is Moehau mountain, Taranaki and the East Coast are the fins, and the backbone runs between Taupō and Rotorua. The heart of the fish is at Maungapōhatu.