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taiwhatiwhati

1. (noun) tuatua, Paphies subtriangulata - an edible bivalve mollusc found buried in fine sand near low tide level on open sandy ocean beaches throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. The hinge of a tuatua is more sharply angled than that of a pipi.

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

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