Etymology of weta

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "mi",
        "3": "wētā"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Māori wētā"
    }
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      "wētā",
      "wētā#Māori"
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    {
      "pos": "noun",
      "glosses": [
        "Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets."
      ],
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        "New-Zealand"
      ],
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