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pūkanikani

1. (adjective) be notched.


2. (noun) ribbed mussel, Aulacomya atra maoriana - lives attached to rocks near low tide. Shell whitish to purple-black outside, silvery-white to shiny purple inside.

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

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