aweto

/ ˈɑːˌfɑːtɔː /

noun

1. a variant spelling of awhato

Example Sentences

The dye in question was a solution of burnt or powdered resin, or wood, or the aweto, the latter a caterpillar, which, burrowing in the vegetable soil, gets a spore of a fungus between the folds of its neck, and unable to free itself, the insect's body nourishes the fungus, which vegetates and occasions the death of the caterpillar by exactly filling the interior of the body with its roots, always preserving its perfect form.

From Project Gutenberg

The New Zealanders' name for this plant-caterpillar is `Hotete,' `Aweto,' `Weri,' and `Anuhe.'.

From Project Gutenberg

"The first division was the earth's surface; the second was the abode of Rongo-ma-tane and Haumia-tiketike; ... the tenth was Meto, or Ameto, or Aweto, wherein the soul of man found utter extinction."

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O tell me, were you standing by when Isis toOsiris knelt?And did you watch the Egyptian melt her unionfor Antony And drink the jewel-drunken wine and bendher head in mimic aweTo see the huge proconsul draw the salted tunnyfrom the brine?

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