ngākihi
1. (noun) limpet - a general term for limpets which clamp onto rocks and have cap-shaped shells. They move about at night or when the tide is in, grazing on small algae.
Nā, kei Pariwhero kei reira te wāhi i karapititia ai te ringa e te pāua ki te toka, ka pakaru te toto o te ringa o Kupe, whero tonu atu ngā pāua, ngā ngākihi, ngā pūpū o tērā wāhi, me ngā kōwhatu hoki tae mai ki tēnei rā e kīia ana (JPS 1927:275). / It was at Red Rocks, Sinclair Head, that his hand was pinched against a rock by a pāua, and the blood gushed forth from Kupe's hand and rendered red all the pāua, limpets and pūpū shellfish of that place, as well as the stones, and it is said that they are still red.
2. (noun) radiate limpet, Cellana radians - shell is fairly flat with radiating lines along the ribs. Some shells have a tortoiseshell design. Common between tides.
3. (noun) ornate limpet, Cellana ornata - shell usually tall with the outside having 11 radiating black bands, each with a row of white pimples. Common from mid to low tide.
4. (noun) golden limpet, Cellana flava - shell pale to bright orange inside and out. common on east coast limestone rocks between tides.
