tuangi
1. (noun) tuangi, New Zealand cockle, Austrovenus stutchburyi - a common round and plump bivalve mollusc with a ribbed shell found buried just beneath the surface on tidal mudflats and sand-flats. The shell is light grey in colour on the outside.
He nui tonu ngā painga o Maketū, arā he tata ki te moana, ki ngā pipi, ki te tuangi, ki te pāua me te ika (TTT 1/6/1924:60). / There are many benefits of Maketū, namely it's near the sea and to pipi, cockles, pāua and fish.
