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perlemoen

perlemoen noun: abalone.

Noun

perlemoen (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa) abalone

Origin of perlemoen

Borrowed from Afrikaans perlemoen, from Dutch perlemoer (“mother-of-pearl”).

Questions about perlemoen

What does perlemoen mean?
Perlemoen means abalone.
What part of speech is perlemoen?
Perlemoen is a noun.

Words near perlemoen in the dictionary

  1. perleche
  2. perlection
  3. perlections
  4. perleidiform
  5. perleidiforms
  6. perlemoen
  7. Perlethorpe
  8. Perlethorpe cum Budby
  9. Perley
  10. Perleys
  11. perlialite

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