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    ABALONE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interiorplay

    Synonyms:

    abalone; ear-shell

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("abalone" is a kind of...):

    gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abalone"):

    Haliotis tuberculata; ormer; sea-ear (an abalone found near the Channel Islands)

    Holonyms ("abalone" is a member of...):

    genus Haliotis; Haliotis (type genus of the family Haliotidae)

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