Haliotis
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἅλιος (hálios, “marine”) + οὖς (oûs, “ear”).
Proper noun
[edit]Haliotis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Haliotidae – ear shells or abalones.
- Synonyms: sea ears, muttonfish, muttonshells, ormer, perlemoen
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Vetigastropoda - subclass; Haliotoidea - superfamily; Haliotidae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Haliotis asinina - type species; for the numerous species see Haliotis at World Register of Marine Species .
References
[edit]- “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.