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kurewha

1. (noun) hairy mussel, Modiolus areolatus - a bivalve mollusc found attached to rocks from low-tide level to depths of 130 m. The shell is covered with a reddish-brown coating with stiff, hair-like tufts at the rounded end.

See also purewha

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

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