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Meaning of weta | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

/ˈwɛtə/

Definitions

Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.

New-Zealand

Equivalents

Русский уэ́та

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.

See also

Wetaskiwin wetawd Wetback wetbird wetbrain wetdown