abalone
noun /ˌæbəˈləʊni/
/ˌæbəˈləʊni/
[countable, uncountable]- a shellfish that can be eaten and whose shell contains mother-of-pearlTopics Fish and shellfishc2Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally North American): from American Spanish abulones, plural of abulón, from aulón, the name in an American Indian language of Monterey Bay, California.