katipo
nounEtymology Borrowed from Māori katipo.
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A venomous spider, Latrodectus katipo, endemic to New Zealand.
- The little katipo strolls unhurriedly across her palm. “I'm not squashing it. It's not bothered.”1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 343:
- Related terms
- black widow, redback