abalone
/ˌæbəˈləʊni/noun
1- an edible mollusc of warm seas, with a shallow ear-shaped shell lined with mother-of-pearl and pierced with a line of respiratory holes鲍鱼。亦称 ORMER, EAR SHELL.
1.1
- Genus Haliotis, family Haliotidae, class Gastropoda鲍属,鲍科, 腹足纲。
词源
mid 19th cent. (originally North American)： from American Spanish abulones, plural of abulón, from aulón, the name in an American Indian language of Monterey Bay, California.