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1. (noun) scallop, queen scallop, Pecten novaezelandiae - a fan-shaped bivalve mollusc found on sand and mud-banks from low tide level to depths of 45 m. The top shell is flat and the bottom half curved.

See also tipa

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


2. (noun) delicate scallop, Zygochlamys delicatula - found in deep water at depths of 75-550 m. Up to 6 cm wide with white, yellow, orange red or pink shell. Found around coasts of South and Stewart Islands.

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