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• Abalone — For board game, see Abalone (board game). Abelone redirects here. For the wine grape that is also known as Abelone, see Chasselas. Abalone Living abalone in tank showing epipodium and tentacles, anterior end to the right …   Wikipedia

• Abalone (disambiguation) — Abalone is a kind of shellfish.Abalone can also mean:* Abalone (board game), a board game. * USS Abalone (SP 208), a wooden hulled motorboat in the United States Navy during World War I * The nacre or mother of pearl produced by the abalone… …   Wikipedia

• Pearl hunting — or pearl diving refers to a now largely obsolete method of retrieving pearls from pearl oysters, freshwater pearl mussels and, on rare occasions, other nacre producing creatures, such as abalone.HistoryBefore the beginning of the 20th century,… …   Wikipedia

• Abalone — Ab a*lo ne ([a^]b [.a]*l[=o] n[ e]), n. (Zo[ o]l.) 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• abalone — ☆ abalone [ab΄ə lō′nē ] n. [Calif. MexSp aulón < Costanoan (a Penutian language) aulun] any of a family (Haliotidae) of edible gastropod sea mollusks with an oval, somewhat spiral shell perforated near the edge and lined with mother of pearl …   English World dictionary

• Pearl — For other uses, see Pearl (disambiguation). Pearl Pearls General Category Mineral Chemical formula Ca …   Wikipedia

• abalone — /ab euh loh nee/, n. a large mollusk of the genus Haliotis, having a bowllike shell bearing a row of respiratory holes, the flesh of which is used for food and the shell for ornament and as a source of mother of pearl. [1840 50, Amer.; taken as… …   Universalium

• abalone — UK [ˌæbəˈləʊnɪ] / US [ˌæbəˈloʊnɪ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms abalone : singular abalone plural abalones a shellfish that can be eaten as food. Its shell contains mother of pearl …   English dictionary

• abalone — [[t]æbəlo͟ʊni[/t]] abalones N VAR Abalone is a shellfish that you can eat and that has a shiny substance called mother of pearl inside its shell …   English dictionary

• abalone — /æbəˈloʊni / (say abuh lohnee) noun (plural abalone) any of the various univalve, marine molluscs of the genus Haliotis, having a bowl like, nacre lined shell bearing a row of respiratory holes. The flesh is used for food and the shell for mother …  

• abalone — noun Etymology: American Spanish abulón, from Rumsen (American Indian language of Monterey Bay, Calif.) aulon Date: 1850 any of a genus (Haliotis) of edible rock clinging gastropod mollusks that have a flattened shell slightly spiral in form,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary