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ALL meanings of abalone

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  • variable noun abalone Abalone is a shellfish that you can eat and that has a shiny substance called mother-of-pearl inside its shell. 3
  • noun abalone any of various edible marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Haliotis, having an ear-shaped shell that is perforated with a row of respiratory holes. The shells are used for ornament or decoration 3
  • noun abalone any of a family (Haliotidae) of edible gastropod sea mollusks with an oval, somewhat spiral shell perforated near the edge and lined with mother-of-pearl 3
  • noun abalone 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 abalone An edible mollusk of warm seas that has a shallow ear-shaped shell lined with mother-of-pearl and pierced with respiratory holes. 1
  • noun abalone mollusc 1
  • noun abalone nacreous shell of a mollusc 1
  • noun abalone (US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. 0
  • noun abalone (US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. 0
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