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Definition of abalone noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

abalone

noun

NAmE//ˈæbəˌloʊni//

, NAmE//ˌæbəˈloʊni//

[countable, uncountable]

a shellfish that can be eaten and whose shell contains mother-of-pearl

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