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Abalone

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ear-shellnounAlternative spelling of ear shell. [An abalone or its shell.]

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ear-shellnounAlternative spelling of ear shell. [An abalone or its shell.]
ormernounAn abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.
shellfishnounA culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.
molluscnounA soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
footnounA biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
northernnounAn inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.
avalonenoun(US) Obsolete spelling of abalone. [(Canada, US, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.]
black abalonenounA black-shelled edible mollusc (Haliotis crachedorii), found off the North American Pacific coast.
haliotidnoun(zoology) Abalone, any member of the family Haliotidae.
sea earnounAn abalone (of the genus Haliotis)
pauanoun(New Zealand) Any of several large, edible abalones of New Zealand, especially Haliotis iris, whose shell is used to make jewelry.
ear shellnounAn abalone or its shell.
perlemoennoun(South Africa) abalone
muttonfishnoun(chiefly US) Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially a mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), an ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus), or an Irish pompano (Diapterus auratus).
uhllonoun(historical) abalone shells, used in trade by the Native Americans
chilean abalonenounAn edible species of sea snail (Concholepas concholepas), native to the coasts of Chile and Peru
ass's-ear abalonenounThe sea snail Haliotis asinina.
earshellnounAn earmold; a device worn in the ear for protection or to aid sound conduction
klipkousnoun(South Africa) abalone, ear-shell, ormer
bubble shellnoun(malacology) A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla (Bullidae) and certain shells of similar appearance of the now disused order Tectibranchiata of molluscs.

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