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The takaure in Ca6-15 has legs (an exceptional trait for this type of glyph), possibly meaning a return from death (Ca6-13), a return to life on land:

An Nathra 3 4
August 19 20
Ca6-11 (151) Ca6-12
te heheu ke - te niu kua huri ki te vai
π Leonis (150.6) 10h (152.2)
An Nathra 5 6 7 (99) 8
August 21 22 23 24 (236)
Ca6-13 Ca6-14 Ca6-15 Ca6-16
manu teketeke ki ruga takaure kua aha te takaure i te henua ma te rima
Sadalmelik (334.6)      
 Regulus (152.7), λ Hydrae (153.2)   Simiram, Adhafera, Tania Borealis (154.7), Algieba (155.5) Tania Australis(156.0) 
Ca6-13 takaure Ca6-15
Takaure

Fly; horse-fly. Vanaga.

A fly; takaure iti, mosquito; takaure marere ke, swarm. Churchill.

Aha

What? Which? To do, to be what? He aha koe? what are you? E-aha-á koe? what are you doing? Ku-aha-á koe? what have you done? Kahu aha? what, which garment? E-aha-mai-á ki a koe? what does that do you, what harm does it do you, what is it to you? Aha is preceded by the article te when introduced by a preposition: te: o te aha, why, what for; mo te aha, ki te aha, what for, with what purpose? Vanaga.

Gaaha, to burst, to become ruptured, to have a discharge of pus, of blood. Ku gaaha te toto o te ihu. He had a nose-bleed. E û'i koe o gaaha te îpu. Be careful not to break the bottle (lit. look out lest the bottle burst). E tiaki á au mo gaaha mai o te harakea. I shall wait for the abcess to burst. Gaatu, totora reed. Vanaga.

To break, to split, to crack, to rive; fracture, fissure, break, crack, crevice (gaaha); niho gaa, toothache, broken teeth; gaamiro (miro, ship) shipwreck; gaàpu (pu 2), abortion; poki gaàpu, abortive child. T Mq.: naha, nafa, split, fissure. Ta.: aha, afa, crack fissure. Gaatu 1. Bulrush, reed. 2. (gatu).  Churchill.

Notably there are 3 stars rising at the same time as the takaure with legs:

Adhafera

ζ Leonis 3.43 23° 40′ N 10h 14m 155.7

Tania Borealis

λ Ursae Majoris 3.45 43° 10′ N 10h 14m 155.7

Simiram

ω Carinae 3.29 70° 02′ S 10h 14m 155.7

The figure in Ca6-14 is unique, without any other similar glyph anywhere in the rongorongo texts. But considering the pair of takaure close by and also the positive identification of Metoro I dare say it shows a larva of the horse-fly (or similar species):

There are no more examples of takaure in C.