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Abalone

//æb.əˈləʊ.ni// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. Australia, Canada, Hong-Kong, Singapore, US, uncountable, usually

    "After he had brought it close to the canoe, he looked down and saw that it was a great live abalone caught in the flesh. Its color shone out of the water. As it ascended it was so big that all the canoes seemed to come inside of it, and it shone in every one's face"

  2. 2
    any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior wordnet
  3. 3
    The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. Australia, Canada, Hong-Kong, Singapore, US, uncountable, usually

Etymology

From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”)

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