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Noun: abalone  `abu'lownee
  1. Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
    - ear-shell

Derived forms: abalones

Type of: gastropod, univalve

Part of: genus Haliotis, Haliotis

Encyclopedia: Abalone