korona
1. (noun) nesting mussel, banded mussel, Modiolarca impacta - bivalve mollusc with a brown shell, frequently with a mixture of green near the edge. The centre is smooth, but both ends are ornamented with fine radiating ridges. The interior is highly iridescent. Found in both Islands, in seaweed or grass and under rocks, both in harbours and on ocean beaches.
Synonyms: kuku-mau-toka, karahiwa, kararuri, kawari, koeti, kōrama, korohiwa, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, matatangata, matapura, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, karariwha, karekawa, koeo, koio, koriakai, kororiwha, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, tāwiri, tungangi, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tio, tuangi, kaitua, kākara, miware, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tio para, tipa, totoro, tuatua, toretore, ngaingai, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngaeti, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hahari, hūai, pātitotito, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tupa, ngākihi, kākahi, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, niania, matangārahu, mimiti, karehu, ngāruru, papatua, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hohehohe, kōmore, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, takai, tākai, piritoka, kahitua, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, poro, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko, pūrimu, takarepo, tūroro, pōrohe, angarite, hauwai, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, pāua, tātara, whētiko
kuku-mau-toka
1. (noun) nesting mussel, banded mussel, Modiolarca impacta - bivalve mollusc with a brown shell, frequently with a mixture of green near the edge. The centre is smooth, but both ends are ornamented with fine radiating ridges. The interior is highly iridescent. Found in both Islands, in seaweed or grass and under rocks, both in harbours and on ocean beaches. Also written as one word (i.e. kukumautoka) or three words (i.e. kuku mau toka).
kuku
1. (noun) green-lipped mussel, common mussel, Perna canaliculus - a bivalve mollusc found attached to rocks and wharf piles from low tide level to depths of about 55 m.
Ka kitea i konei te kai nei: te parāoa, te tī, te huka, te poaka, te heihei, te take, me te manu ngāherehere - te kūkū, te kākā, te kōkō; me ngā mea o te wai tai - te ika, te kuku, te pipi; ngā mea o te wai māori - te tuna, te inanga, te kōura me te tini noa iho o ngā kai (TWMNT 19/6/1872:85). / Here these foods were seen: bread, tea, sugar, pork, chicken, turkey, and the birds of the forest - pigeon, kākā, tūī; and the foods of the salt water - fish, mussels, pipi; the things of the fresh water - eels, whitebait, crayfish and many other foods.
Synonyms: pōrohe
kumikumi
1. (noun) beard, moustache, whiskers, bristles - like makawe, usually used in the plural.
Kīhai te tamaiti i mātau ki a Mātenga i te oroko tirohanga ki a ia, nā te mea hoki, i heua ngā paihau me ngā kumikumi (MM.TKM 29/2/1856:4). / The boy did not recognise Marsden when he first saw him because his beard and moustache had been shaved off.
2. (noun) white throat feathers of the tūī.
3. (noun) mussel's beard, Amphisbetia minima - beard-like tuft attached to old mussels.
pōrohe
1. (noun) smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna, Stokell's smelt, Stokellia anisodon - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Common smelt is found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, but Stokell's smelt is only found in the lower reaches of rivers in the Marlborough-Canterbury coast. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
2. (noun) blue mussel, Mytilus edulis - a bivalve mollusc found attached to rocks between tides. It has a dark bluish-black shell on the outside.
See also toretore
4. (noun) young of eels and other fish.
2. (noun) mussel's beard, Amphisbetia minima - a yellowish-brown, fine hair-like mass which grows amongst tidal seaweeds, in rock pools and on the shells of mussels.
3. (noun) influence, effect, impact.
Ka riro mā ngā whakawai, mā ngā kawekawe o te ao kōrero Pākehā tōna reo Māori e tāmoe, e tārona ka puta ia i te maru o taua kura (HM 3/1993:6). / The distractions and the influences of the English speaking world will smother and strangle their Māori language when they emerge from the shelter of that school.
rou kākahi
1. (verb) to dredge for freshwater mussels.
He tāne rou kākahi ka moea, he tāne moe i roto i te whare kurua te takataka (TTT 1/10/1922:12). / The husband dexterous at dredging freshwater mussels will be slept with, but the husband who sleeps idly in the house will have his head thumped. (A whakataukī stressing the value of hard work and a wife's appreciation of a good provider.)
2. (noun) mussel shell - used for separating the muka from the harakeke leaf.
3. (noun) barbed point (of a spear).
Ko te mākoi o tōna here he pounamu (W 1971:171). / The point of his spear was of greenstone.
4. (noun) pointed question.
Kāore te Minita e whakautu i ngā mākoi a Hoani Kemara. / The Minister would not answer the pointed questions of John Campbell.
5. (noun) comb.
See also heru
hānea
1. (noun) little black mussel, Xenostrobus pulex - small, ovate, smooth blue-black shell. Very common throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, especially on open coast. Found on high intertidal zone on rocks and wharves in densely packed colonies often appearing as a belt along the shore at around mean tide height. Prefers heavy wave action.
See also kukupara
Synonyms: niania, kukupara, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tāwiri, tungangi, wahawaha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, pure, ngūpara, kuharu, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tio, tikoaka, tuangi, miware, pūpū, ngārahu taua, ngaeti, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hūai, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, purewha, ruheruhe, tākai, pōrohe, angarite, hauwai, hihiwa, matamatangongo, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, poro, whētiko, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tio para, totoro, tupa, ngaingai, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, matangongore, mimiti, tītiko, kararuri, kawari, koeti, koriakai, kororiwha, hopetea, kōramu, tōrire, tākupu, toitoi, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kākara, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, peke, kaitangata, tihipu, tio para, tipa, tuatua, ngākihi, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangārahu, mimiti, tītiko, ngāruru, papatua, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hohehohe, kōmore, pātitotito, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takai, tūroro, pōrohe, kahitua, awatai, harihari, hoehoe, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, pāua, pūpū tarataratea, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hūai, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, piritoka, kahitua, awatai, harihari, hinangi, kāeo, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, tātara, karariwha, kawari, koio, korohiwa, kūpā, mātangata, kōramu, matapura, tākupu, rereho, takarape, tāwiri, torewai, uere, whētikotiko, tohemanga, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kūkukuroa, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi, kaitua, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, ataata, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio repe, totorere, toretore, kākahi, tūpere, ngaere, kuku-mau-toka, maurea, karehu, ngāruru, karoro, ururoa, karahiwa, karekawa, kawari, koeo, kōrama, korona, marapeka, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, kurewha, pipi taiari, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, torewai, uere, wētiwha, karahū, pure, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kūkuku, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua
2. (noun) marsh cress, Rorippa palustris - a creeping, hairy herb up to 30 cm tall, with weak squarish stems. The flowers are small, yellow and four-petalled. These are followed by swollen oblong seed pods. Fairly common throughout the North and South Islands on riverbanks and damp ground.
See also poniu
Synonyms: poniu, kōwhitiwhiti
kūkuku
1. (noun) horse mussel, Atrina pectinata zelandica - a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell. The shell is thin, covered with hollow spines.
See also hururoa
Synonyms: ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takai, tūroro, pōrohe, angarite, hauwai, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, karahiwa, kararuri, kawari, koeti, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, matapura, hānea, tākupu, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, tuangi, kaitua, kākara, miware, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio repe, totoro, tuatua, toretore, ngaingai, taiawa, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, whētiko, karekawa, koeo, koio, kōrama, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, kurewha, pipi taiari, rereho, takarape, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, kuharu, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tio para, tipa, totorere, tupa, ngākihi, kākahi, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, takarepo, tākai, piritoka, kahitua, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, pāua, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, karariwha
kūkukuroa
1. (noun) horse mussel, Atrina pectinata zelandica - a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell. The shell is thin, covered with hollow spines.
See also hururoa
Synonyms: karahiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koeti, koriakai, korohiwa, kororiwha, marapeka, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, kurewha, pipi taiari, rereho, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, uere, wētiwha, karahū, pure, ngūpara, kuharu, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi, kaitua, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, toretore, ngaingai, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, takai, tākai, tūroro, pōrohe, angarite, hauwai, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, pāua, tātara, whētiko, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hohehohe, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, takai, tākai, piritoka, kahitua, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, karariwha, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koeti, koio, kōrama, korona, kūpā, matamatangongo, matatangata, matapura, hānea, tākupu, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, tāwiri, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kūkuku, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kākara, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, pāua, poro, pūpū tarataratea, tupa, ngākihi, kākahi, rūharu, kuhakuha
kukupati
1. (noun) horse mussel, Atrina pectinata zelandica - a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell. The shell is thin, covered with hollow spines.
See also hururoa
Synonyms: kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio repe, tipa, totoro, karekawa, koeo, koeti, koriakai, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, kākahi, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, karehu, ngāruru, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hohehohe, kōmore, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, takai, tūroro, pōrohe, angarite, hauwai, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, poro, pūpū tarataratea, korohiwa, korona, kūpā, matamatangongo, kōramu, hānea, tākupu, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, peke, kararuri, pāua, tātara, whētiko, karahiwa, karariwha, kawari, koeti, koio, kōrama, kororiwha, marapeka, mātangata, matatangata, matapura, tōrire, kurewha, pipi taiari, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, pure, ngūpara, kuharu, kūkuku, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tio para, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangārahu, mimiti, tītiko, ngaeti, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hūai, pātitotito, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, tākai, piritoka, kahitua, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore
kūpā
1. (noun) horse mussel, Atrina pectinata zelandica - a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell. The shell is thin, covered with hollow spines.
See also hururoa
Synonyms: karahiwa, kararuri, kawari, koeti, kōrama, korohiwa, kororiwha, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, karariwha, karekawa, koeo, koio, kōrama, koriakai, korona, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, matapura, hānea, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, takarape, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, wahawaha, wētiwha, karahū, pure, ngūpara, kuharu, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi, kaitua, miware, pūpū, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, kurewha, pipi taiari, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, torewai, uere, wahawaha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kūkuku, kukupati, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kākara, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, totoro, tuatua, toretore, ngaingai, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangārahu, mimiti, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hohehohe, kōmore, pātiotio, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, tūroro, pōrohe, angarite, hauwai, harihari, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, pāua, poro, pūpū tarataratea, tipa, totoro, totorere, tupa, ngākihi, kākahi, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hūai, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, takai, tākai, piritoka, kahitua, awatai, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, whētiko
kurewha
1. (noun) hairy mussel, Modiolus areolatus - a bivalve mollusc found attached to rocks from low-tide level to depths of 130 m. The shell is covered with a reddish-brown coating with stiff, hair-like tufts at the rounded end.
See also purewha
Synonyms: purewha, pūpū, peke, pūpū kōrama, tihi, tipa, totorere, toretore, kākahi, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, kuku-mau-toka, matangongore, mimiti, ngāruru, karoro, ngāeo, ngākihi hiwihiwi, hahari, hūai, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū tuatea, pūtātara, takarepo, tūroro, pōrohe, awatai, harihari, hoehoe, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, pāua, tātara, kararuri, koeo, koriakai, korohiwa, kororiwha, marapeka, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, tākupu, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tāwiri, tungangi, wētiwha, tohemanga, ngūpara, kūkuku, kākara, papahurihuri, hākari, rerekākara, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kukupati, rereho, takarape, tāwiri, uere, whētikotiko, pure, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, papahurihuri, hākari, rerekākara, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, miware, ngārahu tatawa, ataata, pūpū atamarama, tio para, totoro, tuatua, ngākihi, taiawa, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, niania, matangārahu, karehu, ngaeti, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, hahari, pātitotito, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū waitai, ruheruhe, takai, tūroro, kahitua, hauwai, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, poro, whētiko, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hohehohe, kōmore, pātiotio, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūrimu, takarepo, tākai, piritoka, angarite, hauwai, hihiwa, hinangi, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, poro, pūpū tarataratea, karariwha, karekawa, koeti, kōrama, korona, kūpā, matamatangongo, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, tākupu, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, torewai, wahawaha, karahū, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi, kaitua, mitimiti, ngārahu taua, kaitangata, tihipu, tio repe, totoro, tuatua, tupa, ngaingai, rūharu, tūpere, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, tītiko, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, karahiwa, kararuri, kawari, koio, korohiwa, kororiwha, matamatangongo, matatangata, matapura, hānea, pipi taiari
niania
1. (noun) little black mussel, Xenostrobus pulex - small, ovate, smooth blue-black shell. Very common throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, especially on open coast. Found on high intertidal zone on rocks and wharves in densely packed colonies often appearing as a belt along the shore at around mean tide height. Prefers heavy wave action.
2. (noun) dark rock shell, snail whelk, Haustrum haustorium - a large species of predatory sea snail. The shell has a low point, weak spiral groves and large aperature. Dark brown to purple in colour, white inside. Common among rocks between tides.
3. (noun) freshwater mussel, Hyridella menziesi - a bivalve mollusc which lives in fine mud or sand in freshwater lakes, ponds, streams and rivers. Has a dark, olive-brown coated shell and the inside is grayish-white.
See also kākahi
ngāeo
1. (noun) Cook's turban shell, Cookia sulcata - a large, round, heavy univalve that lives under rocks just below low tide.
See also kāeo
2. (noun) dark rock shell, snail whelk, Haustrum haustorium - a large species of predatory sea snail. The shell has a low point, weak spiral groves and large aperature. Dark brown to purple in colour, white inside. Common among rocks between tides.
3. (noun) freshwater mussel, Hyridella menziesi - a bivalve mollusc which lives in fine mud or sand in freshwater lakes, ponds, streams and rivers. Has a dark, olive-brown coated shell and the inside is grayish-white.
See also kākahi
