Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Japanese abalone, or sea-ear, Haliotis gigantea, a shellfish found in great quantity on the southern shores of Japan and much used as food.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The night continued with off-the-menu stashes of Yoshi-san's best goods neither the kin-me-dai or the awabi were on the menu.
Awesome Awabi 2006
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And yes, this awabi was nothing short of delicious!
Awesome Awabi 2006
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I also had an absolutely delightful plate of awabi abalone.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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I also had an absolutely delightful plate of awabi abalone.
Awesome Awabi 2006
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The awabi was such a treat, much better than any of my previous experiences.
Awesome Awabi 2006
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Opaque and translucent, awabi flesh is so inviting and so enticing.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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Japanese ceviche sweet tomato caviar and fugu skin mizugai, tairagai, and awabi, with ponzu the meat is in a cold scented broth of Veuve Cliquote, lime and cucumber, you retrieve the bites with a slotted label and dip them in the ponzu.
Augieland: 2006
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Japanese ceviche sweet tomato caviar and fugu skin mizugai, tairagai, and awabi, with ponzu the meat is in a cold scented broth of Veuve Cliquote, lime and cucumber, you retrieve the bites with a slotted label and dip them in the ponzu.
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The night continued with off-the-menu stashes of Yoshi-san's best goods neither the kin-me-dai or the awabi were on the menu.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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Opaque and translucent, awabi flesh is so inviting and so enticing.
Awesome Awabi 2006
mollusque commented on the word awabi
A large species of abalone in Japan. (Listed in OED2.)
November 18, 2007