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Definition of Toheroa
1. Noun. (NZ) ''Paphies ventricosa'', a large edible bivalve mollusc endemic to New Zealand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toheroa
1. a New Zealand shellfish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toheroa
Literary usage of Toheroa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishing and Sea-foods of the Ancient Maori by Augustus Hamilton (1908)
"Concerning the toheroa ... An enterprising firm in Auckland has recently started
a factory for canning toheroa. Besides these marine Molluscs, ..."
2. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1918)
"As he claimed relationship with Ngati-Awa through Titahi, he came on a visit to
Maki to gain his assistance, bringing presents of toheroa and other foods ..."
3. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1901)
"When we arrived at the coast near Maunga-nui Bluff, we secured some roi (fern
root) and toheroa (shellfish) to eat, and as we passed on along the beach we ..."
4. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1892)
"... included the people who lived between Waitara and Puketapu, at Taranaki, whose
chief was Te Manu toheroa. It also included the hapus ..."
5. The Treaty of Waitangi: How New Zealand Became a British Colony by Thomas Lindsay Buick (1914)
"Witnesses.—Henry Williams, Clerk ; George Thomas Clayton, Merchant. Queen Charlotte's
Sound, May 4 and 5, 1840 toheroa. ..."
6. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"... a persistent fellow; one who will take no denial. Cf. tohe, to be persistent.
toheroa, the name of a shell-fish. ..."
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