weta
Definitions
Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.
New-Zealand
Examples
“We came to know⟳ by heart […] her excitement on her first day at school at seeing a weta crawling on brother Willy's knee (‘Oooh, look⟳ on Willy's knee!’) […].”
“It also carried […] the forebears of wētā insects and the worm-caterpillar peripatus.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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