pawa

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noun

An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

pawa1

nounpawa (plural pawas)

plural pawas

  1. New ZealandAn 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, abalone, ear-shell, ormer, perlemoen

Pawa2

proper noun

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.

Also see

Translations

Finnish abaloni, punamerikorva
  • abaloniedible univalve mollusc
  • punamerikorvaedible univalve mollusc
French ormeau, haliotide
  • ormeauedible univalve mollusc
  • haliotideedible univalve mollusc
  • pauaedible univalve mollusc
German Abalone
  • Abaloneedible univalve mollusc
Japanese 鮑, パウア貝
  • 鮑 (awabi)edible univalve mollusc
  • パウア貝 (paua gai)edible univalve mollusc
Malay abalon
  • abalonedible univalve mollusc
Māori pāua
  • pāuaedible univalve mollusc
Polish słuchotka, ucho morskie
  • słuchotkaedible univalve mollusc
  • ucho morskieedible univalve mollusc
Russian па́уа, абало́н
  • па́уа (páua)edible univalve mollusc
  • абало́н (abalón)edible univalve mollusc
  • морско́е у́шко (morskóje úško)edible univalve mollusc
Spanish oreja de mar, abulón
  • oreja de maredible univalve mollusc
  • abulónedible univalve mollusc
Cite this entry
APA

pawa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawa

MLA

“pawa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pawa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawa.

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