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toheroa

toheroa noun: paphies ventricosa, a large edible bivalve mollusc endemic to New Zealand.

Noun

toheroa (plural toheroas)

  1. (New Zealand) Paphies ventricosa, a large edible bivalve mollusc endemic to New Zealand.

Forms of toheroa

pluraltoheroas

Origin of toheroa

Borrowed from Māori toheroa (literally “long tongue”).

Questions about toheroa

What does toheroa mean?
Toheroa means paphies ventricosa, a large edible bivalve mollusc endemic to New Zealand.
What part of speech is toheroa?
Toheroa is a noun.
What is the plural of toheroa?
The plural of toheroa is toheroas.

Words near toheroa in the dictionary

  1. togæ
  2. toh
  3. Tohatchi
  4. tohdite
  5. Toher
  6. toheroa
  7. toheroas
  8. tohew
  9. Tohmajärvi
  10. toho
  11. Tohomé

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