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Abalone Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.
abalone
\ab`a*lo"ne\ (ăb`&adot;*lō"n&esl;), n. (zo?l.) a univalve mollusk of the genus haliotis. the shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. several large species are found on the coast of california, clinging closely to the rocks.
Noun
1. any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
(synonym) ear-shell
(hypernym) gastropod, univalve
(hyponym) ormer, sea-ear, Haliotis tuberculata
(member-holonym) Haliotis, genus Haliotis
Abalone Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Abalone ( or ; from the Spanish ), and from the (Rumsen) aulón, is a common name for any of a group of small to very large edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae. Other common names are ear-shells, sea ears, as well as muttonfish or muttonshells in Australia, ormer in Great Britain, and venus's-ears in South Africa and in New Zealand.
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