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karahū

1. (noun) mud-flat snail, mudsnail, Amphibola crenata - a Northern dialect word for a species of air breathing gastopod which lives in a habitat that is intermediate between the land and the sea. A very common univalve mollusc on tidal mudflats. Has a wrinkled-looking shell and was eaten in large quantities.

See also karehu, tītiko

Synonyms: whētiko, takarepo, koriakai, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karehu, matatangata, matapura, hānea, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi, kaitua, miware, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, peke, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio para, tipa, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngaingai, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangārahu, mimiti, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hūai, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, angarite, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hoehoe, kāeo, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, pipi taiari, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, torewai, wahawaha, poro, kararuri, kawari, korohiwa, kororiwha, marapeka, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, pāua, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, pātiotio, karariwha, koeti, koio, korona, kūpā, matamatangongo, kōramu, tōrire, hānea, tākupu, rereho, takarape, tāwiri, torewai, uere, pure, karahiwa, karekawa, koeo, koio, kōrama, kūpā, mātangata, matapura, kurewha, rehoreho, takarape, tāwiri, tungangi, tohemanga, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kākara, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu taua, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tio para, tio repe, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, ngākihi, kākahi, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, tītiko, ngaeti, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hohehohe, kōmore, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, kahitua, angarite, hauwai, hihiwa

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