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tungangi

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

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