ngūpara
1. (noun) freshwater mussel, Hyridella menziesi - a bivalve mollusc which lives in fine mud or sand in freshwater lakes, ponds, streams and rivers. Has a dark, olive-brown coated shell and the inside is grayish-white.
See also kākahi
Synonyms: whētiko, kararuri, kawari, koeti, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, marapeka, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, kurewha, pipi taiari, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kākara, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio repe, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, ngākihi, kākahi, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hohehohe, kōmore, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, tākai, piritoka, pōrohe, angarite, hauwai, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pāua, tātara, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tio para, tipa, karariwha, karekawa, koeo, koio, kōrama, korona, kūpā, matamatangongo, matatangata, matapura, hānea, tākupu, rehoreho, rereho, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi, kaitua, miware, pūpū, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngaingai, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, pūpū māeneene, kukupara, awatai, kuku-mau-toka, pūpū waharoa, niania, pūpū rore, matangongore, pūpū waitai, matangārahu, maurea, harihari, pūtātara, mimiti, karahiwa, tītiko, purewha, ngaeti, hinangi, papatua, pūrimu, ruheruhe, karoro, waharoa, pūpū taratara, takarepo, ururoa, wahanui, hopetea, pipi, takai, ngākihi hiwihiwi, pūpū tarataratea, papatai, tūroro, hahari, whāngai karoro, hūai, pōrohe, pātitotito, poro, peraro, kahitua, pūpū karikawa, pīpipi, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata
2. (noun) raincape made of strips of undressed harakeke.