Meaning of ngarara | Babel Free

Definitions

Among the Maori, any of various real and mythological creatures of the lizard or crocodile type.

New-Zealand

Examples

“Ngararas, the dragons of the medieval Maori, once spread general terror and desolation.”

“Unu ngarara or ngarara burrows were frequently met with on the plains. […] The ngarara was darker in colour than the ruatara. They varied in size from two to three feet in length, and ten to twenty inches in girth; along the back from the nape of the neck to the tail was a serrated crest.”

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