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Word: Abalone
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from American Spanish abalón, from Rumsen (a North American Indian language of northern California) awlun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌabəˈləʊni
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an edible mollusc of warm seas, with a shallow ear-shaped shell lined with mother-of-pearl and pierced with a line of respiratory holes.
Short Definition:edible mollusc of warm seas, with shallow ear-shaped shell lined with mother-of-pearl
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