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Definitions of abalone in various dictionaries:
noun - any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
noun - an edible shellfish
ABALONE - Abalone ( ( listen) or ; via Spanish abulón, from Rumsen aulón) is a common name for any of a group of small to very large sea snails, marine gast...
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| It's the mollusk whose shell is a source of mother-of-pearl |
| The shell of this large marine gastropod is used for ornaments |
| This marine snail has a genus name, it's H-A-L-I-O-T-I-S |
| This object seen here is just a shell of itself |
| California sea snail whose ear-shaped shell with a row of holes often ends up as an ashtray |
| This large mollusk is used as a source of mother-of-pearl |
| This sea mollusk, a source of mother-of-pearl, is sometimes called an ear shell |
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| Edible hard-shelled sea snail |
| Edible hard-shelled sea delicacy |
| Sea otter's staple |
| Pacific shellfish |
| Edible marine gastropod mollusc whose shell is used for ornament or decoration (7) |
| Mollusc with an ear-shaped shell (7) |
| Seafood delicacy aka the ormer or sea ear |
| Ear-shaped mollusc lined with a mother-of-pearl (7) |
| Awabi sushi mollusk |
| Seafood delicacy also called the ormer or sea-ear |
| Abalone description |
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| Abalone ( ( listen) or ; via Spanish abulón, from Rumsen aulón) is a common name for any of a group of small to very large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae.Other common names are ear shells, sea ears, and muttonfish or muttonshells in Australia, ormer in Great Britain, perlemoen in South Africa, and pua in New Zealand.Abalone are marine snails. Their taxonomy puts them in the family Haliotidae which contains only one genus, Haliotis, which once contained six subgenera. These subgenera have become alternate representations of Haliotis. The number of species recognized worldwide ranges between 30 and 130 with over 230 species-level taxa described. The most comprehensive treatment of the family considers 56 species valid, with 18 additional subspecies.The shells of abalones have a low, open spiral structure, and are characterized by several open respiratory pores in a row near the shell's outer edge. The thick inner layer of the shell is composed of nacre (m |