ngerungeru
1. (modifier) smooth, soft (to touch), sleek.
Nō te taenga mai o te puihi ki Aotearoa i te taha o te Pākehā, ka whakaingoatia he ngeru, he ngerungeru nō ngā huruhuru o taua kīrehe. / When the pussy-cat arrived in New Zealand with the Pākehā, it was called a 'ngeru', because of how sleek the fur of that animal is.
2. (noun) bronze whaler, Carcharhinus brachyurus - a heavy-bodied shark up to 3 m long with a broadly rounded snout. Bronze above, sometimes olive-green. Common around upper North Island but occurs south to Cook Strait and Tasman Bay in summer.
See also ngengero
