abalone

Significat (Anglès)

1. (Australia, Canada, Hong-Kong, Singapore, US, uncountable, usually) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
2. (Australia, Canada, Hong-Kong, Singapore, US, uncountable, usually) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc.

Conceptes

orella de mar

Sinònims

oyster

🦪

ear shell

ormer

ear-shell

nacre

tree mushroom

pawa

paua

sea ear

Traduccions

ormeau

Abalone

Seeohr

haliotide

abulón

oreja de mar

oreille de mer

abalone

abalone

zeeoor

haliotis

Meerohr

molusco da califórnia

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/æb.əˈləʊ.ni/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”)