Haliotis

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλιος (hálios, “marine”) + οὖς (oûs, “ear”).

Proper noun

Haliotis f

A taxonomic genus within the family Haliotidae – ear shells or abalones.
Synonyms: sea ears, muttonfish, muttonshells, ormer, perlemoen

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Vetigastropoda - subclass; Haliotoidea - superfamily; Haliotidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Haliotis asinina - type species; for the numerous species see Haliotis at World Register of Marine Species .

References

“Haliotis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
"Haliotis" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Haliotis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Haliotis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Haliotis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Haliotis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Haliotis at World Register of Marine Species
Haliotis at Encyclopedia of Life
Haliotis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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