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torewai

1. (noun) blue mussel, Mytilus edulis - a bivalve mollusc found attached to rocks between tides. It has a dark bluish-black shell on the outside.

See also toretore

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

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