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EAR-SHELL

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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 interior

Synonyms:

abalone; ear-shell

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ear-shell" 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 "ear-shell"):

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

Holonyms ("ear-shell" is a member of...):

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

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