| 单词 | abalone |
| 释义 | abalone (once / 44602 pages) n An abalone is a mollusk found in warm seas. Abalones have an ear-shaped shell with a pearly interior. It hardly seems fair that this large mollusk is only one syllable away from being baloney, since the two words are unrelated. The pearly interior of the abalone — which yields mother-of-pearl — makes this animal quite a prize, since mother-of-pearl is used in many types of jewelry. The abalone is part of the genus Haliotis: because of its ear-shaped shell, it is also known as a sea ear or ear shell. Other mollusks include squid, clams, and octopuses. WORD FAMILYabalone: abalones USAGE EXAMPLESCalifornia photographer Don Flood’s micro-images of abalone shells, insects, agave leaves and minerals are blown up into bold wallpapers. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) I gazed down at fossilized abalone and nautilus shells. New York Times(Sep 13, 2016) Before long, he was diving for lobster and abalone off the Malibu coast. The New Yorker(Sep 12, 2016) n any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior Syn|Hypo|Hyper ear-shell Haliotis tuberculata, ormer, sea-ear an abalone found near the Channel Islands gastropod, univalve a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes |
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