ab‧a‧lo‧ne /ˌæbəˈləʊni $ -ˈloʊ-/
noun [uncountable and countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: American Spanish;
Origin: abulón]
a kind of
shellfish which is used as food and whose shell contains
mother-of-pearl [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲