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单词 toheroa
释义

toheroa

[ toh-uh-roh-uh ]
/ ˌtoʊ əˈroʊ ə /

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

Words nearby toheroa

togue, to hand, to heel, to hell and gone, to hell with, toheroa, tohubohu, tohunga, toil, toile, toile de Jouy
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Example sentences from the Web for 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
/ (ˌtəʊəˈrəʊə) /

noun

a bivalve mollusc, Amphidesma (or Semele) ventricosum, of New Zealand
a greenish soup made of this

Word Origin for toheroa

from Māori
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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