Females are stouter with duller or darker colorations and are less active. The women were described as plainer, shorter and of stouter build than the men. Males are shorter and stouter than the females. The canines of this larger group are significantly shorter and generally stouter. They differ in size, and the greater form has a stouter, larger beak. It is smaller than North American elk ("Cervus canadensis canadensis") with smaller and stouter antlers. It lacks the remora's dorsal sucker and has a stouter body. Males measure approximately one centimeter by 0.5 millimeter, and females are often longer and stouter. They are similar in appearance, although the Atlantic species is larger with a stouter bill. His abdomen is stouter than the abdomen of workers or queen. This bird is similar in size to a dunlin, but stouter, with a thick bill. Matua Ngahere is stouter, with a girth just over . For practice and instruction blunt and rather stouter blades are used. The bill is pink and is stouter than in the golden oriole. The more delicate work is generally protected by framework of stouter wire.