abalones

ab·a·lo·ne

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ab-uh-loh-nee]
- /ˌæb əˈloʊ ni/
- /ˌæ.bə.ˈləʊ.niz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ab-uh-loh-nee]
- /ˌæb əˈloʊ ni/

Definitions of abalones word

noun abalones 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. 1
noun abalones Plural form of abalone. 1
noun abalones plural of abalone. 0

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Origin of abalones

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

1840-50, Americanism; taken as singular of California Spanish abulones, plural of abulón, aulón < a word in Rumsen, a Costanoan language formerly spoken at Monterey, California

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Parts of speech for Abalones

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Synonyms for abalones

noun abalones

shells — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
mollusks — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
ears — the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.

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