any of various shellfishes, esp Plebidonax deltoides of Australia or Mesodesma novae-zelandiae of New Zealand
Word origin
Māori
pipi in American English
(ˈpipi)
nounWord forms: plural-pi or -pis
1.
an edible bivalve of eastern Australia, Plebidonax deltoides.
2.
an edible bivalve of New Zealand, Mesodesma novae-zelandiae.
Word origin
[1810–20; ‹ Maori]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dynamic, rationalize, technique, triangulation, voodoo