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wahawaha

1. (noun) purple sunset shell, Gari stangeri - a triangular-shaped bivalve mollusc common in sand, mud or gravel near low tide. Whitish outside shell striped with purple and inside bright purple.

See also kuwharu

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

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