definition of the word abalone

Pink abalone.

From American Spanish abulón, from Southern Ohlone (Rumsen) aulón. Used in English since the 19th Century.

• IPA: /æbəˈləʊni/
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abalone (plural abalones)

1. (US, Australia, zoology) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.

• (UK) ear-shell,
• (Guernsey) ormer
• (New Zealand) pāua, pawa
• (South Africa) perlemoen

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