abalone

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Monti also questioned giving the seized abalone -- a prized delicacy that divers risk their lives in cold, kelp-laden waters to harvest -- to the Sea Ranch Fire Department.

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  1. noun Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis, having an ear-shaped shell with a row of holes along the outer edge. The colorful pearly interior of the shell is often used for making ornaments. Also called ear shell.

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  • - Prince Restaurant specializes in abalone, seafood and authentic regional Cantonese cuisines —  ASIA Travel Tips.com
  • STOKED!!! he promised to take me diving for abalone, sea urchin and take me hunting to shoot rabbit and wild goat! —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • On the other hand, sea otters whose diet includes significant amounts of abalone, a preferred prey species when sufficiently abundant, have a very low risk of infection with either pathogen. —  USGS Newsroom
  • For areas in the northern parts of the study region, they borrowed almost exclusively from the environmentalists 'plan, recommending the proposal's suggested marine protected areas at Point Arena, Sea Lion Cove, Saunders Reef, Del Mar, Stewarts Point, and Salt Point, including a state marine park at the popular abalone-diving area near Salt Point. —  Terrain Magazine
  • (Note: prized for its size and rarity, this kind of abalone fetches thousands of dollars a pound) —  blogTO
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  1. American Spanish abulón.

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  1. A Spanish form, of unknown origin. Cf. Spanish abalorios, bugles, glass beads.
 

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