awabin.
/əˈwɑːbi/ The Japanese abalone or sea-ear ( Haliotis gigantea).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > genus Haliotis > member of
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1889 in Cent. Dict.
1924 Glasgow Herald 12 May 11 Soochon awaibi, and a whole gamut of marvels taking days to concoct.
1934 E. Blunden Choice or Chance 10 And ice may marry well with beer, And—what, they serve Awabi here?
1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 June 440/3 Sensual figures of the almost naked awabi fishergirls in another famous triptych of Utamaro's.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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