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whētikotiko

1. (noun) mudflat top shell, Diloma subrostrata - a top-shaped univalve mollusc of muddy shores. The opening of the shell has a bright yellow lip.

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


2. (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.

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