pawa

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Noun

pawa (plural pawas)

1. (New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
   • 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories"

     One little patch was divided off by pawa shells […]

Synonyms

• pāua (New Zealand)
• abalone (US)
• ear-shell (UK),
• ormer (Guernsey)
• perlemoen (South Africa)

Translations

• French: ormeau, haliotide, paua
• German: Abalone
• Russian: па́уа
• Spanish: oreja de mar, abulón

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