abalone
UK/æb.əˈləʊ.ni//æb.əˈloʊ.ni/
abalone noun: an edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
Noun
abalone (usually uncountable, plural abalones)
- An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
- After he had brought it close to the canoe, he looked down and saw that it was a great live abalone caught in the flesh. Its color shone out of the water. As it ascended it was so big that all the canoes seemed to come inside of it, and it shone in every one's face1909, John Reed Swanton (translator), edited by John Reed Swanton, Tlingit Myths and Texts, The Poor Man who Caught Wonderful Things
- The meat of the aforementioned mollusc.
abalone meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Tagalog and Arabic
abalone in Hindi
- edible univalve mollusc
- कर्णशुक्ति karṇaśukti
abalone in Bengali
- ঝিনুক, শুক্তি, এবালন
abalone in Tagalog
- edible univalve mollusc
- kabibing-tainga
abalone in Arabic
- edible univalve mollusc
- أُذُن اَلْبَحْر ʔuḏun al-baḥr
More languagesFewer languages
- abalone in Malay
- abalone
- abalone in Indonesian
- mata tujuh, kerang mata tujuh, abalone
- abalone in Persian
- گوش دریا guš daryâ
- abalone in Thai
- หอยเป๋าฮื้อ hɔ̌i-bpǎo-hʉ́ʉ
- abalone in Vietnamese
- bào ngư
Synonyms of abalone
Forms of abalone
| plural | abalones |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | avalone |
Origin of abalone
From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”)
Words formed from abalone
- ass's-ear abalone
- ass's ear abalone
- Australian abalone
- black abalone
- blacklip abablone
- Chilean abalone
- green abalone
- northern abalone
- pink abablone
- pinto abalone
- rainbow abalone
- red abalone
- ridged ear abalone
- staircase abalone
- variable abalone
- virgin abalone
- white abalone
- withering abalone syndrome
Words that rhyme with abalone
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Questions about abalone
- What does abalone mean?
- Abalone means an edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
- What is abalone in Hindi?
- Abalone in Hindi is कर्णशुक्ति (karṇaśukti). See Abalone meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is abalone?
- Abalone is a noun.
- How do you pronounce abalone?
- Abalone is pronounced /æb.əˈləʊ.ni/ (UK).
- What is the plural of abalone?
- The plural of abalone is abalones.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: abalone (page history and authors); abalone (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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