Maori name of a shellfish, sometimes(erroneously) called the cockle, Mezodesmanovae-zelandiae.
1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'(Church Missionary Society), p. 193:
«Pipi, s. a cockle.»
1881. J. L.Campbell, `Poenamo,' p. 107:
«With most deliciously cooked kumeras, potatoes and peppies» [sic].
Ibid. p. 204:
«The dernier ressort – – fern-root,flavoured with fish and pippies.»
1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' p.25:
«Each female is busily employed in scraping the potatoesthoroughly with pipi-shells.»