ABALONE
Dictionary entry overview: What does abalone mean? • 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.
Dictionary entry details
• ABALONE (noun)
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)
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