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korohiwa

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.

See also hauwai

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

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