noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/æb.əˈləʊ.ni/
General-American:/æb.əˈloʊ.ni/
General-American:/ˈæb.əˌloʊ.ni/
Singapore:/ˈæbəlɒn/
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rhymes with -əʊni
CMU ARPABET:AE2 B AH0 L OW1 N IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, Hong-Kong, Singapore, US, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 2
The meat of the aforementioned mollusc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, Hong-Kong, Singapore, US, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 3
any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Etymology tree Southern Ohlone aulunbor. Spanish abulónbor. 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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