English Explanatory Dictionary

huhu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, endemic to New Zealand.

Word forms

huhu huhus

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori huhu (“larval form of this beetle”), from Proto-Polynesian *fufu (“weevil”).

Synonyms

huhu beetle
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