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abalone

See also: Abalone

English edit

WOTD – 30 December 2006

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Etymology edit

From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”)[1][2]

 
pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata)

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Noun edit

abalone (usually uncountable, plural abalones)

  1. (Canada, US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [from mid-19th c.][3]
  2. (Canada, US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. [from mid-19th c.]

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References edit

  1. ^ “abalone”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. ^ “abalone”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abalone”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.

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French edit

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Borrowed from English abalone, borrowed in the mid-20th century.

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abalone m (plural abalones)

  1. (cooking, uncommon) the abalone

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Malay edit

Etymology edit

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

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abalone (Jawi spelling ابالوني, plural abalone-abalone)

  1. abalone (edible univalve mollusc)
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