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abalone
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context US Australia English) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus ''Haliotis'', having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. (Mid 19 th century.) (R:SOED5: page=1) 2 (context US Australia English) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. (Mid 19 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abalone \Ab`a*lo"ne\ ([a^]b`[.a]*l[=o]"n[-e]), n. (Zo["o]l.) A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis . The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging ...
Usage examples of abalone.
Billy had to drag Saxon away from the window of a fascinating shop where were iridescent pearls of abalone, set and unset.
When Chia had been small, her mother had worn her hair in a long braid, its tip skewered with turquoise and abalone and carved bits of bone, like the magical tail of some mythical animal, swaying there for Chia to grab.
The boxes were filled with such delicacies as broiled abalone, raw sea bream and garnishes, roasted gingko nuts, and red bean paste soup with freshly picked mushrooms.
There were always people swimming off the new quay or splashing about in coracles and small boats, and men working at the fish traps and the shoals at the mouth of the shallow Breas where razorshell mussels were cultivated, and divers hunting for urchins and abalone amongst the holdfasts of stands of giant kelp whose long blades formed vast brown slicks on the surface of the river.
Then, while Billy wandered in a vain search for abalones, Saxon lay and dabbled in the crystal-clear water of a roak-pool, dipping up handfuls of glistening jewels--ground bits of shell and pebble of flashing rose and blue and green and violet.
When the sacks were full they ventured further among the rock crevices and were rewarded with three abalones, among the shells of which Saxon found one coveted blister-pearl.
They made no plans, but fished, gathered mussels and abalones, and climbed among the rocks as the moment moved them.
In the meantime Billy and the men had undressed and scattered out after mussels and abalones.
Hall initiated them into the mysteries of pounding and preparing the abalone meat for cooking.
Hall commanded, a large round rock poised in his hand above the abalone meat.
Abalone Eaters, and I solemnly enjoin you, never, no matter what the circumstances, pound Abalone meat without chanting the sacred words I have revealed unto you.
Is he not the Cave-Bear Pot-Walloper and Gridironer, the most fearsome, and, next to me, the most exalted, of all the Abalone Eaters?
The abalone meat they pounded religiously to a verse of doggerel improvised by Saxon.
The middensreplete with layers of primeval abalone shell, ax heads, a menagerie of unspoken toolsare rich with the winds of ghosts who felt this place with all the power Jack now evidences.
Fish, salt grass, herbs, beads, vegetables, deer meat, and elk skins were traded for dried abalone, obsidian, moccasins, clay, and fire drills.