toheroa

[toh-uh-roh-uh] /ˌtoʊ əˈroʊ ə/

Word Origin

noun, plural toheroas, toheroa.

a large marine clam, Amphidesma ventricosum, of waters near New Zealand.

Origin of toheroa

Maori

1870-1875

Borrowed into English from Maori around 1870-75

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Under the native name of toheroa, a factory at Dargaville preserves these bivalves in tins.

Beautiful Shells of New Zealand E. G. B. Moss

British Dictionary definitions for toheroa

toheroa

/ˌtəʊəˈrəʊə/

noun

a bivalve mollusc, Amphidesma (or Semele) ventricosum, of New Zealand

a greenish soup made of this

Word Origin

from Māori

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