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kuharu

1. (noun) purple sunset shell, Gari stangeri - a triangular-shaped bivalve mollusc common in sand, mud or gravel near low tide. Whitish outside shell striped with purple and inside bright purple.

See also kuwharu

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

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