pouhawaiki
1. (noun) Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus - larger brown rat, arrived with the first European settlers.
Ko taku ringaringa i kainga e te kiore pouhawaiki (JPS 1943:56). / My hand was being bitten by the Norway rat.
See also pou o Hawaiki, kiore
Synonyms: maungarua, kiore, kaingarua, pou o Hawaiki
2. (noun) Canadian fleabane, Erigeron canadensis - an annual plant that grows to 1.5 m, with sparsely hairy stems. Grows to 1.5 metres. The leaves are unstalked, slender, 2–10 cm long and up to 1 cm across, with a coarsely toothed margin. They grow in an alternate spiral up the stem.
See also hāka
