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tairaki

1. (noun) tuatua, Paphies subtriangulata - an edible bivalve mollusc found buried in fine sand near low tide level on open sandy ocean beaches throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. The hinge of a tuatua is more sharply angled than that of a pipi.

See also tuatua

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

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