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matatangata

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

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