Haliotis

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Haliotis f

1. 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System.