wīhara
1. (loan) (noun) weasel, Mustela nivalis - introduced to control rabbits. Similar to a stoat but smaller and with a shorter tail.
Ka poke anō hoki ēnei ki a koutou o ngā mea ngokingoki e ngokingoki ana i runga i te whenua; ko te wīhara, ko te kiore, me te tuatara, me ngā mea e rite ana ki a ia (PT Riwitikuha 11:29). / These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard.
See also wītara
Synonyms: tori uaroa, wītara
