EAR-SHELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ear-shell mean? 

• EAR-SHELL (noun)
  The noun EAR-SHELL has 1 sense:

1. any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior

  Familiarity information: EAR-SHELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EAR-SHELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

abalone; ear-shell

Hypernyms ("ear-shell" is a kind of...):

gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ear-shell"):

Haliotis tuberculata; ormer; sea-ear (an abalone found near the Channel Islands)

Holonyms ("ear-shell" is a member of...):

genus Haliotis; Haliotis (type genus of the family Haliotidae)