mātangata
1. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
See also pūpū
Synonyms: karahiwa, karariwha, kararuri, kawari, koeo, koeti, koio, kōrama, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, pure, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, pūpū, karekawa, koeti, koriakai, kororiwha, matatangata, tōrire, tākupu, rehoreho, takarape, torewai, wahawaha, tohemanga, ngūpara, kūkukuroa, hākari, tio, tuangi haruru, mitimiti, kaitangata, tihi, totoro, toretore, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, ngākihi tea, matangārahu, mimiti, ngaeti, waharoa, pipi, papatai, kōmore, pūkauri, pūpū tuatea, purewha, takai, kahitua, hinangi, pīpipi, poro, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko
