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wētiwha

1. (noun) mud-flat snail, mudsnail, Amphibola crenata - an air breathing mollusc which lives in a habitat that is intermediate between the land and the sea. A very common univalve mollusc on tidal mudflats. Has a wrinkled-looking shell and was eaten in large quantities.

See also tītiko

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

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