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nounPlural pipis ˈpɪpi Either of two edible marine bivalve molluscs native to New Zealand. （新西兰）蟾贝，蛤 Amphidesma australe (family Amphidesmatidae) and Chione stutchburyi (family Veneridae) Example sentencesExamples - All the helpless pipi could do, was spurt a feeble squirt of water and die between your teeth.
- I hasten to add that this is not some small time ‘take 100 pipis when your limit is 50 ‘breach of the law that one normally associates with obstructing the work of a fisheries officer.’
- The issues that I would like to focus on are the geoducks and whelks to start off with, and cockles and pipi.
- Two related New Zealand species are the tuatua and the pipi.
- They also collected seagull eggs, fresh water lobster, whitebait, pipi, mussels, fat hen and watercress.
OriginMid 19th century: from Maori. nounPlural pipis ˈpiːpiː variant spelling of pee-pee
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