kawekaweau
1. (noun) Delcourt's sticky-toed gecko, Delcourt's giant gecko, Hoplodactylus delcourti - a species of lizard which was the largest of all geckos at over 60 cm long. Endemic to Aotearoa/New Zealand but now thought to be extinct.
He kawekaweau te mōkai a te tipuna rā, a Kahungunu, ka noho ki roto i tētahi ipu. Ka whakaaturia e ia te kawekaweau hei whakamataku i ōna hoariri (Te Ara 2015). / The ancestor Kahungunu kept a kawekaweau (large gecko, now extinct) in a jar. He displayed it to scare his enemies.
