Synonyms for abalone
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ab-uh-loh-nee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌæb əˈloʊ ni |
Définition of abalone
Origin :- type of marine shell, 1850, American English, from Spanish abulon from Costanoan (a California coastal Indian language family) aluan "red abalone."
- noun shell
- The body of the abalone is a mass of muscle that has tremendous strength.
- Extract from : « Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer » by J. W. Duffield
- The Haliotis or abalone was also used and was called uhl-lo.
- Extract from : « Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 2 [July 1902] » by Various
- I'll leave them here for you—and there's plenty of turtle and abalone to be had for the catching.
- Extract from : « Moran of the Lady Letty » by Frank Norris
- But the abalone—as a Christian comestible he is a stranger to me and the tooth o' me.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Ambrose Bierce » by Ambrose Bierce
- Not another one of us was ever caught in the closing shell of an abalone.
- Extract from : « Before Adam » by Jack London
- I insist on knowing; and what was that abalone shell remark?
- Extract from : « The Rules of the Game » by Stewart Edward White
- She also hangs wampum or bits of abalone shell on the finest ones.
- Extract from : « Stories of California » by Ella M. Sexton
- The habitation deposit consists of loose, ashy dark soil charged with clam and abalone shells, and mammal and bird bones.
- Extract from : « The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948 » by A. E. Treganza
- Abalone shell was commonly used by peoples of adjacent California.
- Extract from : « A Burial Cave in Baja California » by William C. Massey
- The Haliotis or abalone shells abound in many parts of the world and are widely known for their beauty.
- Extract from : « Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 3 [August 1902] » by Various
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