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Definition of abalone noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

abalone

noun
 
/ˌæbəˈləʊni/
 
/ˌæbəˈləʊni/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a shellfish that can be eaten and whose shell contains mother-of-pearlTopics Fish and shellfishc2
    Word 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.
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