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pawas

pawas is the plural of pawa.

Meaning of pawa

Noun

pawa (plural pawas)

  1. (New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
    • One little patch was divided off by pawa shells […]1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories"
    Synonyms:
    pāua, abalone, ear-shell, ormer, perlemoen

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What is pawas the plural of?
Pawas is the plural of pawa.

Words near pawas in the dictionary

  1. Pawala
  2. pawang
  3. pawangs
  4. Pawar
  5. Pawars
  6. pawas
  7. pawaw
  8. pawawed
  9. pawawing
  10. pawaws
  11. pawb

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