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Definitions for Abalone
[1] 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.
[2] 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 Also called: ear shell See also ormer
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abadie's sign of tabes dorsalis, abaft, abagtha, abailard, abakan, abalone, abamp, abampere, abandon, abandon hope, all ye who enter here, abandoned
Origin of Abalone
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
Word origin for Abalone
C19: from American Spanish abulón; origin unknown