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uere

1. (noun) Arabic volute, Alcithoe arabica - a mollusc with a large, smooth, spindle-shaped shell and found half-buried in sand or mud from low tide level to depths of 75 m.

See also pūpū rore

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


2. (noun) southern olive shell, Amalda australis - a spindle-shaped univalve mollusc that lives on fine, silty, sand-flats near low tide. Its brown-and-blue shell is always shiny.

See also tikoaka

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