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Maori noun & adjective. M19.
[Maori.]
A. noun. Pl. -s, same.
A member of the Polynesian aboriginal people of New Zealand. M19.
The language of this people. M19.
(Also maori.) Each of three brightly coloured wrasses, Ophthalmolepsis lineolatus, of the S. Australian coast, and Cheilinus undulatus and C. fasciatus of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. Also Maori wrasse. L19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to the Maoris or their language. M19.
Special collocations, comb., & phrases: KOPA MAORI. Maori bug NZ a large cockroach, Platyzosteria novaeseelandiae, which emits an unpleasant smell when disturbed. Maori dog NZ a dog of Polynesian origin first introduced to New Zealand by the Maoris and now extinct. Maori-hen = WEKA. Maoriland (colloq., chiefly Austral.) New Zealand; Maorilander (colloq., chiefly Austral.) a white New Zealander; Maori oven = KOPA MAORI. Maori PT NZ slang taking it easy and doing nothing. Maori wrasse: see sense A.3 above.
Maoridom noun the Maori world; Maori culture: L19.