单词 | abalone |
释义 | 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 sing. of California Sp abulones, pl. of ABULÓN, aulón < a word in Rumsen, a Costanoan language formerly spoken at Monterey, California] |
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