toheroa

[toh-uh-roh-uh]

noun, plural to·he·ro·as, to·he·ro·a.

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

Origin of toheroa

Borrowed into English from Maori around 1870–75

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Examples from the Web for toheroa

Historical Examples of toheroa

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

noun

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

a greenish soup made of this

Word Origin for toheroa

from Māori

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