abalone
See also: Abalone
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”)[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æb.əˈləʊ.ni/
- (General American) IPA(key): /æb.əˈloʊ.ni/, /ˈæb.əˌloʊ.ni/
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Noun
[edit]abalone (usually uncountable, plural abalones)
- (Canada, US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [mid 19th c.][3]
- (Canada, US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. [mid 19th c.]
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- ass's-ear abalone
- ass's ear abalone (Haliotis asinina)
- Australian abalone (Haliotis iris)
- black abalone (Haliotis crachedorii)
- blacklip abablone (Haliotis rubra)
- Chilean abalone (Concholepas concholepas)
- green abalone (Haliotis fulgens)
- northern abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)
- pink abablone (Haliotis corrugata)
- pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)
- rainbow abalone (Haliotis iris)
- red abalone (Haliotis rufescens)
- ridged ear abalone (Haliotis scalaris)
- staircase abalone (Haliotis scalaris)
- variable abalone (Haliotis varia)
- virgin abalone (Haliotis iris)
- white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni)
- withering abalone syndrome
Translations
[edit]edible univalve mollusc
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “abalone”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ “abalone”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abalone”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.
Further reading
[edit]
Abalone in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Abalone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “abalone”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English abalone, borrowed in the mid-20th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abalone m (plural abalones)
Synonyms
[edit]- (more usual terms for "abalone"): ormeau, haliotis, haliotide, oreille de mer
Further reading
[edit]- “abalone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English abalone, from American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen (Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abalone (Jawi spelling ابالوني, plural abalone-abalone)
- abalone (edible univalve mollusc)
References
[edit]- “abalone” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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