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kūkukuroa

1. (noun) horse mussel, Atrina pectinata zelandica - a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell. The shell is thin, covered with hollow spines.

See also hururoa

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

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