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What is the difference between paua and abalone?

paua | abalone |

Paua is a synonym of abalone.


As nouns the difference between paua and abalone

is that paua is a large, edible abalone, haliotis iris , native to new zealand, whose shell is used to make jewelry while abalone is {{context|us|australia|lang=en}} an edible univalve mollusc of the genus haliotis , having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl {{defdate|mid 19th century}}{{reference-book | editor =lindberg, christine a | title = the oxford college dictionary | origyear = 2002| edition = 2nd | year =2007| publisher =spark publishing | location =new york, ny | isbn =978-1-4114-0500-4 | pages =1}}.

paua

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A large, edible abalone, Haliotis iris , native to New Zealand, whose shell is used to make jewelry.
  • The shell of this mollusc.
  • A fish hook made from this shell.

    • 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) * ----