abalone
nounUK /æb.əˈləʊ.ni/ · US /æb.əˈloʊ.ni/
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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Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, US, Usually An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
- 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 face1909, John Reed Swanton (translator), edited by John Reed Swanton, Tlingit Myths and Texts, The Poor Man who Caught Wonderful Things:
- Derived terms
- ass's-ear abalone, ass's ear abalone, Australian abalone, black abalone, blacklip abablone, Chilean abalone, green abalone, northern abalone, pink abablone, pinto abalone, rainbow abalone, red abalone, ridged ear abalone, staircase abalone, variable abalone, virgin abalone, white abalone, withering abalone syndrome
- Related terms
- paua