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tanetane

1. (noun) tuangi, New Zealand cockle, Austrovenus stutchburyi - a common round and plump bivalve mollusc with a ribbed shell found buried just beneath the surface on tidal mudflats and sand-flats. The shell is light grey in colour on the outside.

See also tuangi

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

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