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matamatangongo

1. (noun) small opal top shell, Micrelenchus dilatatus - a top-shaped mollusc found on brown seaweed near low tide on the rocky shore around the coast of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Less than 1 cm wide with the inside of the shell deep iridescent green to purple.

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

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