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rereho

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

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