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Noun: ear-shell
  1. Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
    "The chef prepared a delicious ear-shell steak";
    - abalone

Derived forms: ear-shells

Type of: gasteropod [archaic], gastropod, univalve

Part of: genus Haliotis, Haliotis

Encyclopedia: Ear-shell