tākupu
1. (noun) Australasian gannet, Morus serrator - a white seabird with a buff-yellow head and mainly black flight feathers, breeding in colonies on islands and headlands. Feeds on fish and squid caught by spectacular dives from a height.
Awe tākupu: He huruhuru nō raro i te kēkē o te manu, o te kōtuku; he taonga matenui hoki nā ngā tūpuna, hai pare māhunga mō te hunga ora, mō te hunga mate (M 2006:252). / Australasian gannet plumes: Feathers from the under-wings of the gannet bird; precious possessions of the ancestors used as head adornments for both the living and the dead.
See also tākapu
Synonyms: tākapu
2. (noun) Arabic volute, Alcithoe arabica - a mollusc with a large, smooth, spindle-shaped shell and found half-buried in sand or mud from low tide level to depths of 75 m.
See also pūpū rore
Synonyms: ngākihi tea, matangārahu, mimiti, ngāruru, karoro, wahanui, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hūai, pātiotio, pūpū karikawa, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, takarepo, tākai, piritoka, kahitua, awatai, hauwai, harihari, hoehoe, kāeo, pūpū rore, poro, whētiko, pipi taiari, rereho, takarape, tāwiri, uere, whētikotiko, tohemanga, tairaki, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, kararuri, kawari, koeti, koriakai, korohiwa, marapeka, matatangata, matapura, hānea, tikoaka, tuangi, kākara, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, peke, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihi, ngākihi awaawa, totoro, tuatua, toretore, kākahi, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, tio repe, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangārahu, maurea, karehu, ngaeti, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hohehohe, kōmore, peraro, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, ruheruhe, takai, tūroro, pōrohe, angarite, awatai, hauwai, harihari, hinangi, hopetea, pīpipi, pāua, pūpū tarataratea, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, peke, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio repe, totoro, tuatua, ngākihi, kākahi, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, tītiko, papatua, ururoa, ngāeo, ngākihi hiwihiwi, hahari, pātitotito, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū waitai, pūrimu, takarepo, tākai, pōrohe, angarite, awatai, hauwai, hihiwa, hoehoe, whāngai karoro, pūpū taratara, tātara, karariwha, koeo, koio, kōrama, kororiwha, matamatangongo, kōramu, kurewha, rehoreho, takarape, torewai, wahawaha, karahū, pure, pipi tairaki, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tikoaka, tuangi, kākara, karahiwa, karekawa, koeo, koio, kōrama, korona, kūpā, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, kurewha, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, tungangi, wētiwha, karahū, pure, ngūpara, kūkuku, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kaitua, miware, pūpū, ngārahu taua, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tio para, tipa, totorere, tupa, ngaingai, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara
