3. (noun) insect, beetle.
Ko te kupu ‘pepeke’, mō te kakama o te nekeneke haere. Mō ngā ngārara katoa te karangatanga nei (Te Ara 2012). / The word 'pepeke' means to move quickly, and this term is used for all insects.
See also aitanga pepeke, aitanga-a-pēpeke
4. (noun) branch, limb.
6. (noun) prickly dogfish, Oxynotus bruniensis - has a deep humpbacked body, triangular in cross-section and a trunk snout. Widespread in Aotearoa/New Zealand waters at depths of 45-1120 m.
