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matapura

1. (noun) black nerita, Nerita atramentosa - a round univalve with a bluish-black shell, white underneath with a black lip around a D-shaped hole. Found on rocks near the high tide level.

See also matangārahu

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

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