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ABALONE

Pronunciation (US):

• ABALONE (noun)
The noun ABALONE has 1 sense:

1. any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior

Familiarity information: ABALONE used as a noun is very rare.

• ABALONE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

abalone; ear-shell

Hypernyms ("abalone" is a kind of...):

gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abalone"):

Haliotis tuberculata; ormer; sea-ear (an abalone found near the Channel Islands)

Holonyms ("abalone" is a member of...):

genus Haliotis; Haliotis (type genus of the family Haliotidae)

"Out of sight, out of mind."
(English proverb)
"A good man does not take what belongs to someone else."
(Native American proverb, Pueblo)
"Lamb in the spring, snow in the winter."
(Armenian proverb)
"A goose’s child is a swimmer."
(Egyptian proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of univalve
Definition of Haliotis tuberculata
Definition of ormer
Definition of sea-ear
Definition of genus Haliotis

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