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katipo

/ ˈkætɪˌpəʊ; ˈkɑːd- /

noun

  1. a small venomous spider, Latrodectus katipo, of New Zealand, commonly black with a red or orange stripe on the abdomen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Then Katipo discovers a small family of pigs comfortably stowed away among the dense vegetation of a little marshy hollow.

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Following them up hotly for about a mile, Katipo lays hold of one after another, which we turn over and stick as we can, killing two or three more in this way.

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Deep and dire are the maledictions heaved at the unhappy Shark, and in which his companions, Rimu and Toto, Wolf and Katipo, have unjustly to share.

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A great, heavy sow passes close before me, with Katipo tearing at her ear.

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And now we may take breath for a minute or two, praise old Katipo, and cut off the pig's ears as a trophy.

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