单词 | abalone |
释义 | abalonen. Originally and chiefly U.S. An edible gastropod mollusc of the genus Haliotis, typically found in warm seas, having a shallow ear-shaped shell lined with mother-of-pearl and pierced with a line of respiratory holes; an ormer; (also) the shell of this. Also called sea ear, ear shell. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > shell-fish or mollusc > other edible molluscs musseleOE palour1589 ormer1637 mutton-fish1830 pipia1837 abalone1850 moule1867 toheroa1873 steamer clam1909 praire1929 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > genus Haliotis > member of ormer1637 sea-ear1681 Norman shell1703 klipkous1731 paua1846 abalone1850 Venus's ear1859 awabi1889 perlemoen1891 1850 B. Taylor Eldorado I. xvii. 174 The avelone, which is a univalve, found clinging to the sides of rocks, furnishes the finest mother-of-pearl. 1861 Harper's Mag. July 315/2 The coast Indians carry on a small trade with those of the mountains and interior valleys, in fish, dried abalone, mussels, shells, and various marine productions. 1882 Harper's Mag. Oct. 728 They [sc. Chinese men in S. California] prepare..the avallonia meat and avallonia shells for their home market. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 6 The abalone shell is found..on the southern California coast, and when polished makes a beautiful ornament. 1936 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas (ed. 2) xvi. 350 Among the many shells used for decorative purposes we..mention one, known in the Channel Islands as the Ormer and on the Pacific coast of North America as the Abalone. 1974 Audubon Jan. 32 Abalones are vegetarians, eating kelp and sea lettuce. 2006 New Yorker 21 Aug. 36/2 We slept on the beach, drank wine, chased girls, ate abalone and lobster that we caught ourselves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1850 |
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