pawa

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pawa^¹

noun pawas

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 […]
Similar: pāua, abalone, ear-shell, ormer, perlemoen

Pawa^²

proper noun

A barangay of Burauen, Leyte, Philippines.

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noun edible univalve mollusc

Español	oreja de mar, abulón
日本語	鮑 awabi, パウア貝 paua gai
Français	ormeau, haliotide, paua
Deutsch	Abalone
Русский	па́уа páua, абало́н abalón, морско́е у́шко morskóje úško

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@misc{pawa_2026,
  title = {pawa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pawa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}