ear shell
51earshell — ear shell n. 1. See abalone. 2. The shell of the abalone. [From its shape.] * * * …
52Abalone — For board game, see Abalone (board game). Abelone redirects here. For the wine grape that is also known as Abelone, see Chasselas. Abalone Living abalone in tank showing epipodium and tentacles, anterior end to the right …
53gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… …
54prosobranch — ▪ gastropod any snail of the subclass Prosobranchia, class Gastropoda. Most of these roughly 20,000 snail species are marine; a few live on land or in fresh water. Many prosobranchs breathe by means of gills, which are located in the mantle …
55auriform — adjective Having the form of the human ear; ear shaped. An example is the gastropod mollusc abalone, which is also known as the ear shell …
56ormer — noun An abalone or sea ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands. Syn: abalone, sea ear, ear shell …
57abalone — n. ear shaped marine shellfish, yielding mother of pearl; ear shell …
58Haliotis tuberculata — noun an abalone found near the Channel Islands • Syn: ↑ormer, ↑sea ear • Hypernyms: ↑abalone, ↑ear shell …
59abalone — noun /æbəˈləʊni/ An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother of pearl. Syn: ear shell, ormer, pāua, pawa, perlemoen …
60pawa — noun a) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother of pearl. One little patch was divided off by pawa shells [...]. b) field Syn: pāua …
