Definition of abalone Abalone

/æˌbʌlowˈni/ - [abulownee] - ab•a•lo•ne

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What does abalone mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: abalones
abalone - any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
		ear-shell
		gastropod, univalve a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
		genus haliotis, haliotis type genus of the family Haliotidae

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

abalone (n.)
A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

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abalone
An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis.

Wikipedia

Abalone (from Spanish "Abulón") are a type of shellfish.

Abalone are known by their richly coloured inside shell. This is also called ear-shell, "ormer" in Guernsey, "perlemoen" in South Africa, and "pāua" in New Zealand.

The meat of this shellfish is considered to be delicious in certain parts of Latin America (especially Chile), South East Asia, and East Asia (especially in China, Japan, and Korea).

Description.

Abalones occur all over the world. It is present along the waters of every continent, except the Atlantic coast of South America, the Caribbean, and the East Coast of the United States. Most abalones are found mainly in cold waters, along the coasts of New Zealand, South Africa and Australia, and Western North America and Japan in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Chilean vast Pacific coast, the species called loco ("Concholepas Concholepas", Bruguière, 1789) has a hard shell of a pitch-black color, and is widely eaten.

Abalone has unmistakable features: the shell is round to oval, with two to three whorls, and the last one is grown into a large "ear"-like shape, giving rise to the name 'ear-shell'. The inside of the shell is shiny coloured, from silvery white to green-red mother-of-pearl.

Abalones can start to reproduce at a small size. Their fertility is high and increases with size (from 10,000 to 11 million eggs at a time).

The young of albalones, called larvae, feed on plankton. The adults are eat plants and feed on algae. They prefer red algae. Sizes range from