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marapeka

1. (noun) virgin pāua, Haliotis virginea - a smaller and rarer shellfish, this pāua occurs as two subspecies, one from the southern areas and one from the north. Both have most attractive and strongly coloured shells.

See also koio

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

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