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
There are exquisite medallions and hair ornaments made from iridescent abalone shells and strings of Chumash currency — tiny, doughnut-shaped beads created from carefully cut olivella shells.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025
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
The California coast was once home to the greatest number of abalone species in the world — black, white, red, green, pink, flat and pinto.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025
Each one had eyes fashioned of round or oblong disks of abalone shell, but the rest of their faces were blank.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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English Words Derived from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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