weta
/ˈwetə/noun
1- a large brown wingless insect related to the grasshoppers, with long spiny legs and wood-boring larvae, found only in New Zealand沙螽。
1.1
- Family Stenopelmatidae: several genera, including Deinacrida (the giant wetas).沙螽科：数属, 包括邓纳克里沙螽属。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from Maori.