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kūpā

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

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