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weta

/ˈwɛtə/ UK
/ˈweːtʌː/ New Zealand
/ˈwedə/ New Zealand

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Borrowed from Māori wētā.

noun weta · wetas

New Zealand Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets. 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!’) […].

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noun New Zealand insect

Русский	уэ́та uéta

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"weta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/weta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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weta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/weta

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"weta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/weta.

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@misc{weta_2026,
  title = {weta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}