/ab'euh loh"nee/ , n.
a large mollusk of the genus Haliotis, having a bowllike shell bearing a row of respiratory holes, the flesh of which is used for food and the shell for ornament and as a source of mother-of-pearl.
[ 1840-50, Amer.; taken as sing. of California Sp abulones, pl. of ABULÓN, aulón ]