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kōramu

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

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