"weta" meaning in English

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          "name": "Crickets and grasshoppers",
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      "derived": [
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          "word": "giant weta"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "New Zealand insect",
          "word": "wētā"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uéta",
          "sense": "New Zealand insect",
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            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "уэ́та"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "New Zealand insect",
      "word": "wētā"
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