Definitions for abalones

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abalones ab·a·lo·ne

Spelling: [ab-uh-loh-nee]

IPA: /ˌæb əˈloʊ ni/

Abalones is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 322 anagrams from letters in abalones (aabelnos).

Definitions for abalones

noun

1. a large mollusk of the genus Haliotis, having a bowllike shell bearing a row of respiratory holes, the flesh of which is used for food and the shell for ornament and as a source of mother-of-pearl.

Origin of abalones

1840-50, Americanism; taken as singular of California Spanish abulones, plural of abulón, aulón

Examples for abalones

From there it was only a stone's throw to the beach where the mussels and abalones clung so thickly to the rocks.

God willing, we shall eat Carmel mussels and abalones in May or June.

It is so powerful, that the natives of the South Sea Islands use the abalones to catch sharks with.

The abalones are as large as steaks, and a great deal tougher.

The rocks were full of abalones and my bag was soon filling rapidly.

With love to Carrie, I will leave you to your sea-gardens and abalones.