ABALONE


Meaning of ABALONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-bə-ˈlō-nē, ˈa-bə-ˌ ]

noun

Etymology: American Spanish abulón, from Rumsen (American Indian language of Monterey Bay, Calif.) aulon

Date: 1850

: any of a genus ( Haliotis ) of edible rock-clinging gastropod mollusks that have a flattened shell slightly spiral in form, lined with mother-of-pearl, and with a row of apertures along its outer edge

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