abalone

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Kim Namin, 29, runs a seasoned gim processing factory with a 30-year family history in Wando, an island in South Korea's southern waters known for abalone and seaweed production.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

On special is an abalone soup, an alien beast in his time, and not our cup of tea, but they say Hemingway took a shine.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

Due to the condition of the abalone recovered from the vehicle, police said they could not be returned to their natural habitat and had to be disposed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

In the southern sea otter's range of coastal Central California, some of the preferred prey such as large abalone and sea urchins, are not difficult to break open.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

I took my cormorant skirt and the abalone box in which I kept my necklace and earrings.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell