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abalone
(æbəloʊni)
Word forms: plural abalones
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Abalone is a shellfish that you can eat and that has a shiny substance called mother-of-pearl inside its shell.
abalone in British English
(ˌæbəˈləʊnɪ)
noun
any of various edible marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Haliotis, having an ear-shaped shell that is perforated with a row of respiratory holes. The shells are used for ornament or decoration
Also called: ear shell, haliotis. See also ormerWord origin
C19: from American Spanish abulón; origin unknownabalone in American English
(ˌæbəˈloʊni)
US
noun
any of a family (Haliotidae) of edible gastropod sea mollusks with an oval, somewhat spiral shell perforated near the edge and lined with mother-of-pearl
Word origin
Calif. MexSp aulón < Costanoan (a Penutian language) aulunImage ofabalone
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