Crossword clues for abalone
abalone
- Source of mother-of-pearl
- Sea shell
- Ear-shaped shellfish
- Sushi-bar selection
- Otter's prey
- Mollusk with an iridescent shell
- Kelp eater
- Ear-shaped seafood
- Conch cousin
- Chinese symbol of wealth
- Chinese delicacy
- Algae eater
- Sushi bar shellfish
- Source of iridescent buttons
- Sea snail with a mother-of-pearl shell
- Popular shellfish
- Mother-of-pearl mollusk
- Mollusk with an iridescent inner shell
- Mollusk in a mother-of-pearl shell
- Latin American delicacy
- Large mollusk
- It's called "awabi" at a sushi bar
- Edible mollusc — on a bale (anag)
- Edible marine mollusc — Oban ale (anag)
- Edible marine gastropod
- Decorative seashell
- Clingy mollusk
- Clam's big brother
- Calif. seafood choice
- Calif. seafood
- Calif. sea specialty
- Awabi sushi mollusk
- Another name for an ear shell
- Seafood order
- Ornamental shell source
- Sea-ear
- Mother-of-pearl source
- SautГ©ed fish dish
- Marine rock-clinger
- Awabi, at a sushi bar
- Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
- Sautéed fish dish
- Edible mollusk
- Gastropod mollusk
- Large snail
- Nacre source
- Ear shell
- Marine mollusk
- Rock-clinging mollusk
- Seafood dish
- A source of mother-of-pearl
- Tasty mollusk
- Mother-of-pearl "mother"
- Calif. mollusk
- Edible marine mollusc - Oban ale
- Shellfish intrigue, not having caught single specimen
- Seaman, on his tod, finds shellfish
- Large edible marine gastropod
- Seafood delicacy
- Sushi bar selection
- Pearl source
- Marine snail
- Sea snail
- Shell fish
- Sea mollusk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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 closely to the rocks.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of marine shell, 1850, American English, from Spanish abulon from Costanoan (a California coastal Indian language family) aluan "red abalone."
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context US Australia English) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus ''Haliotis'', having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. (Mid 19th century.)(R:SOED5: page=1) 2 (context US Australia English) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. (Mid 19th century.)
WordNet
n : any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior [syn: ear-shell]
Wikipedia
Abalone ( or ; via Spanish , from the Rumsen language aulón ) is a common name for any of a group of small to very large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae.
Other common names are ear shells, sea ears, and muttonfish or muttonshells in Australia, ormer in Great Britain, perlemoen in South Africa, and in New Zealand.
Abalone are marine snails. Their taxonomy puts them in the family Haliotidae which contains only one genus, Haliotis, which once contained six subgenera. These subgenera have become alternate representations of Haliotis. The number of species recognized worldwide ranges between 30 and 130 with over 230 species-level taxa described. The most comprehensive treatment of the family considers 56 species valid, with 18 additional subspecies.
The shells of abalones have a low, open spiral structure, and are characterized by several open respiratory pores in a row near the shell's outer edge. The thick inner layer of the shell is composed of nacre (mother-of-pearl), which in many species is highly iridescent, giving rise to a range of strong, changeable colors, which make the shells attractive to humans as decorative objects, jewelry, and as a source of colorful mother-of-pearl.
The flesh of abalones is widely considered to be a desirable food, and is consumed raw or cooked in a variety of cultures.
Abalone is an award winning two-player strategy board game designed by Michel Lalet and Laurent Lévi in 1987. Players are represented by marbles of opposing colors situated on a hexagonal patterned board with the objective being to push six of the opponent's marbles off the edge of the board.
Abalone was published in 1990 and has sold more than 4.5 million units since. It is currently sold in more than thirty countries.
Abalone is a kind of shellfish in the genus Haliotis
Abalone can also mean:
- Abalone (board game), a board game.
- USS Abalone (SP-208), a wooden-hulled motorboat in the United States Navy during World War I
- The nacre or mother-of-pearl produced by the abalone animal
- Abalone Alliance, a branch of the 1970s anti-nuclear movement
- Abalone (molecular mechanics) software
Abalone is a general purpose molecular dynamics and molecular graphics program for simulations of bio-molecules in a periodic boundary conditions in explicit water ( Flexible SPC) or in implicit water models. Mainly designed to simulate the proteins folding and DNA- ligand complexes in AMBER force field.
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.