pēpepe
1. (noun) butterfly, moth.
Ko ētahi o te aitanga pepeke ko te waeroa, te pūrerehua, te pēpepe, te pūngāwerewere, te namu (Te Ara 2012). / Some of the creatures of the insect world are mosquitoes, butterflies and moths, spiders and sandflies.
Synonyms: pūrerehua, pepe, pūrēhua, pūrerehu, pūrehurehu
2. (noun) pēpepe, Machaerina sinclairii - a sedge found throughout most of the North Island, often on damp cliffs and road banks. It has long, slightly drooping bright green iris-like leaves. The flowering stems are rigid with drooping, fine, rusty red flowers.
See also tūhara
Synonyms: tūhara, toetoe tūhara
