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What does abalone mean?

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  1. (Canada) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [from mid-19th century]
  2. (Canada) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. [from mid-19th century]
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The red abalone, a seaweed-eating snail prized as a source of mother-of-pearl jewelry, is found off the coast of California.
She set up a trading company, selling Australian lobsters, abalone and king crabs all over the world.
They come bearing gifts, a whole roasted suckling pig, delicacies like bird's nest soup and abalone and sweets.
Arches restaurant is a Newport landmark, serving fresh fish, stone crab claws, and high-priced abalone.
It includes butterflies and dragonflies made of mother-of-pearl, abalone and malachite inlays.
In abalone, a second major acrosomal protein also evolves extremely rapidly.

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