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Abalone vs Avalon - What's the difference?

abalone | avalon |

As a noun abalone

is an edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.

As a proper noun Avalon is

{{context|Arturian legend}} An island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death.

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

    * (Abalone) * ----

    avalon

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Arturian legend) An island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death.