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abalone

[ab-uh-loh-nee] / ˌæb əˈloʊ ni /
NOUN
shell
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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The coastal waters are used by tribal people for seaweed and abalone gathering, and the shores host youth cultural camps, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

Kim Namin, 29, runs a seasoned gim processing factory with a 30-year family history in Wando, an island in South Korea's southern waters known for abalone and seaweed production.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2026

The only otter seen on Thursday was way off shore, floating on its back atop a kelp bed — presumably eating some tasty morsel, such as a crab or abalone, retrieved from the sea floor.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2025

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.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2025

Then she would float on her back and put the abalone on her breast and strike it again and again with the rock until the shell was broken.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

He recalled dishes considered delicacies such as donkey meat and abalones - a type of mollusc - being flown in from Pyongyang.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2023

The traditional dish known as “poon choi,” or “basin food,” is a large dish filled with lotus root, radish, taro and more expensive delicacies such as prawns, abalones and meat layered on top.

From Seattle Times Jan. 30, 2022

“Chinese people like to eat these expensive foods like sea cucumbers and abalones at our Lunar New Year family gatherings because we have worked very hard over the past year,” Fong said.

From Seattle Times Jan. 30, 2022

For centuries, fishermen have carved their homes into the bluffs, like bird’s nests, plucking abalones and sailing out for bamboo crabs.

From New York Times Jan. 5, 2016

Afterwards I went down to the shore where I could gather a few abalones and sometimes spear a fish for my supper.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell




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