toheroa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori toheroa (literally “long tongue”).

Noun

toheroa (plural toheroas)

  1. (New Zealand) Paphies ventricosa, a large edible bivalve mollusc endemic to New Zealand.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tofe (“bivalve mollusc”) +‎ roa (“long”).

Noun

toheroa

  1. toheroa (edible bivalve)
    Synonym: moeone

Further reading

  • “toheroa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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