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koriakai

1. (noun) mud-flat snail, mudsnail, Amphibola crenata - an air breathing mollusc 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 tītiko

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

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