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Limpets vs Abalone - What's the difference?

limpets | abalone |

As nouns the difference between limpets and abalone

is that limpets is plural of limpet while abalone is an edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.

limpets

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    abalone

    English

    Alternative forms

    * avalone (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis , having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
  • (US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc.

    • Synonyms

    * (UK) ear-shell, (Guernsey) ormer, (New Zealand) paua, pawa, (South Africa) perlemoen

    See also

    * paua

    References

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