mōwhitiwhiti
1. (noun) New Zealand grasshopper, Phaulacridium marginale.
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.
Synonyms: kauwhitiwhiti
2. (noun) sandhopper, Corophium acutum - little crustaceans which spring up and down when a piece of seaweed or wood on the beach is disturbed.
See also potipoti
Synonyms: potipoti, mōwhiti, mōwhīwhiti