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rehoreho

1. (noun) tiger shell, Calliostoma tigris - a univalve mollusc of the rocky shore found from low tide level to depths of over 100 m under rock ledges. Mottled reddish-brown shell is tall and very pointed.

See also maurea

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

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