sea-ear

3 definitions found

sea-ear - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

  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]

sea-ear - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sea-ear
      n 1: an abalone found near the Channel Islands [syn: ormer,
           sea-ear, Haliotis tuberculata]