ˌabəˈlōnē, -i noun
( -s )
Etymology: American Spanish abulón
1. : a gastropod mollusk of the genus Haliotis that clings to rocks tenaciously with a broad muscular foot and that has a nacre-lined shell of a flattened, oval, slightly spiral form perforated with a row of apertures for the escape of the water from the gills and covering the animal like a roof
2. : the edible flesh of certain large abalones