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Princeton's WordNet
Haliotis, genus Haliotisnoun
type genus of the family Haliotidae
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Haliotisnoun
A genus of marine shells of the family Haliotidae; the abalone.
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Haliotis
Haliotis, common name abalone, is the only genus in the family Haliotidae.This genus once contained six subgenera. These subgenera have become alternate representations of Haliotis. The genus consists of small to very large, edible, herbivorous sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs. The number of species recognized worldwide ranges between 30 and 130, with over 230 species-level taxa described. The most comprehensive treatment of the family considers 56 species valid, with 18 additional subspecies.Other common names are ear shells, sea ears, and, rarely, muttonfish or muttonshells in parts of Australia, ormer in the UK, perlemoen in South Africa, and the Maori name for three species in New Zealand is pāua.
Webster Dictionary
Haliotisnoun
a genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone
Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls sea + o'y^s, 'wto`s, ear.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Haliotis
hal-i-ō′tis, n. a genus of univalve shells, the ear-shells, supplying mother-of-pearl.—adj. Hal′iotoid. [Gr. hals, sea, ous, ōtis, ear.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of haliotis in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of haliotis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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