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panepane

1. (noun) head.

I haria te panepane o Te Maunu ki reira (M 2004:228). / Te Maunu's head was taken there.

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2. (noun) verse, heading.

Whai haere ai ngā karakia i te pukapuka, kei reira ngā kauwhau e mau ana i ngā rārangi kupu Pākehā kua hurihia rā ki te reo Māori, ka mutu ka wehewehengia ngā panepane (TTR 1990:313). / The karakia followed the book and included lessons containing lists of English words written in a Māori form and divided into verses.

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3. (noun) torrentfish, Cheimarrichthys fosteri - a smallish, stocky fish with a strongly arched back and flattened ventral surface, large eyes on top of a head shaped like an inverted shovel, the mouth below , and the lower jaw distinctly shorter than the upper. An endemic fish found in larger, braided, gravel, open rivers of the North and South Islands. Solitary and secretive.

See also panoko

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