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Maori \Ma"o*ri\, prop. n.; pl. Maoris. (Ethnol.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.

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The Maoris of New Zealand believe that if one sees a body lying across a path or oneself on the opposite side of a river, it is wiser to try another path and a different ford.

However, we also find representations of the gods with some of their limbs-missing among the ancient Indians, the Maoris, the Etruscans and other peoples.

Very late in pre-space-flight history, in the nineteenth century, a shipload of Maoris got there and ate the inhabitants.