abalone

The story

1. css · derived fromaūlun“red abalone”
2. Spanish · borrowed fromabulón
3. English todayabalone

From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”)

First known use, by meaning

• mid 19th c. An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
• mid 19th c. The meat of the aforementioned mollusc.