toitoi, n. 1. Top, summit. Ka okioki ratou i nga toitoi o nga maunga (W. i, 22).
2. Citadel of a pa. Kei te toitoi o te pa, kei waenganui pu o te pa.
3. Gobiomorphus gobioides, a small fish which sleeps in shoals in fresh-water lakes. Tenei nga iwi te takoto tonu nei, me he moe toitoi (Of those who would not be roused to avenge an injury) (M. 12). = hawai, maruru, tipokopoko, titarakura, titikura.
4. Cookia sulcata, a univalve mollusc. = kaeo, kākara, karaka, karekawa, karikawa, ngaeo, pupa karekawa.
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5. Petroica toitoi, pied tit. = kikitori, komiromiro, mauipotiki, mimiro, mirumiru, ngirungiri, pipitore, pipitori, tane-tewaiora.
6. Finschia novaeseelandiae, brown creeper; a bird. = pipipi, titirihika.
7. A variety of flax.
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