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abalone

noun

  1. any of a group of small to very large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae
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Pronunciation: /æb.əˈləʊ.ni/ / /æb.əˈloʊ.ni/ / /ˈæb.əˌloʊ.ni/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Southern Ohlone aulunbor. Spanish abulónbor. English abalone From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”)

  1. 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 face”

  2. The meat of the aforementioned mollusc.