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abalone /ˌabəˈləʊni /nounAn edible mollusc of warm seas, with a shallow ear-shaped shell lined with mother-of-pearl and pierced with a line of respiratory holes. Also called ormer, ear shell.- Genus Haliotis, family Haliotidae, class Gastropoda.
Brains of limpets and abalones are much simpler than brains of garden snails and slugs in histological differentiation....- Otters mostly feed on invertebrates such as urchins, squid, octopus, crabs, abalone and other mollusks.
- However, the farms were started up only recently, and it takes about seven years for the abalone to reach a size where they may be harvested.
OriginMid 19th century (originally North American): from American Spanish abulones, plural of abulón, from aulón, the name in an American Indian language of Monterey Bay, California. RhymesAlbinoni, Annigoni, Antonioni, baloney, Bodoni, boloney, bony, calzone, cannelloni, canzone, cicerone, coney, conversazione, coronae, crony, Gaborone, Giorgione, macaroni, Manzoni, Marconi, mascarpone, minestrone, Moroni, Mulroney, padrone, panettoni, pepperoni, phoney, polony, pony, rigatoni, Shoshone, Sloaney, stony, Toni, tony, zabaglione |