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abalone

noun as in shell

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There are exquisite medallions and hair ornaments made from iridescent abalone shells and strings of Chumash currency — tiny, doughnut-shaped beads created from carefully cut olivella shells.

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On special is an abalone soup, an alien beast in his time, and not our cup of tea, but they say Hemingway took a shine.

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However, deputies also uncovered an unexpected aquatic trove: 35 live abalone, a northwestern pond turtle, wet clothing and tools apparently used to pry abalone from rocks, authorities said in a statement.

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He took loads of halibut and abalone off the La Costa Beach.

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In the southern sea otter's range of coastal Central California, some of the preferred prey such as large abalone and sea urchins, are not difficult to break open.

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