Abalone is a mollusc living in the ocean. It has a shell that is very colourfull a bit like the gem stone Opal. An "Abalone stone" is a piece of this shell that has been cut and polished to resemble a gem stone. These are semi precious but IMO very pretty.
The holes in abalone are used for breathing. Abalone have a single, large hole on the side of their shell called a respiratory pore that allows water to flow over their gills for oxygen exchange.
Coast Miwok people wore abalone shell beads, clamshell disk beads, dentalium shells, and feather pendants as jewelry. They also used bone, shell, and stone to create earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. Jewelry was often worn for adornment and ceremonial purposes.
14 lbs = 1 stone. Therefore, there are 133 lbs in 9 st 7 lbs.
Shellfish, such as clams, oysters and cockles, live in freshwater or marine environments. They are filter feeders, meaning they filter water through their body to extract oxygen and tiny sea creatures such as plankton, for food. Shellfish live attached to rocks, or buried in the sand, depending on the species. Some shellfish have the ability to change their sex at a young age, depending on the environmental conditions shellfish larvae are released into. Apart form that, shellfish lead a rather unexciting life.
In mythology, looking a Gorgon in the eyes turns the viewer into stone. Gorgons, like Medusa, have the power to turn anyone who gazes into their eyes into solid stone.
Their are nine spiecies of abalone. Their's black abalone, flat abalone, green abalone, pink abalone, pinto abalone, red abalone, threaded abalone, western abelone, and white abalone.
Abalone is Abalone in English too.
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An abalone steak is a steak made out of the California Red Abalone. The California Red Abalone is a species of very large edible sea snail.
An abalone is aboutg 25 in long.
look! I see an abalone
no only in california in the US
Abalone Alliance ended in 1985.
Abalone Alliance was created in 1977.
Red abalone was created in 1822.
There is no standard collective noun for 'abalone'. However, collective nouns are an informal part of language, any noun that suits the context can function as a collective noun; for example, an abundance of abalone, an absence of abalone, a plate of abalone, etc.
pāua is the maori word for abalone.