Sea-ear

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sea-ear \Sea"-ear`\ (s[=e]"[=e]r`), n. (Zool.)
     Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus {Haliotis}. See
     {Abalone}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Ear-shell \Ear"-shell`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     any of various large edible marine gastropod mollusks of the
     genus {Haliotis}, having a flattened ear-shaped shell with a
     pearly interior; -- called also {sea-ear}. See {Abalone}.
  
     Syn: abalone.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sea-ear
       n : an abalone found near the Channel Islands [syn: {ormer}, {Haliotis
           tuberculata}]