ormer

or·mer

O0123600 (ôr′mər)n. Chiefly British A European abalone (Haliotis tuberculata) found chiefly in the Channel Islands.

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[French dialectal, from French ormier, short for oreille-de-mer, translation of Latin auris maris, sea-ear : auris, ear; see ous- in Indo-European roots + maris, genitive of mare, sea; see mori- in Indo-European roots.]

ormer

(ˈɔːmə) n1. (Animals) Also called: sea-ear an edible marine gastropod mollusc, Haliotis tuberculata, that has an ear-shaped shell perforated with holes and occurs near the Channel Islands2. (Animals) any other abalone[C17: from French (Guernsey dialect), apparently from Latin auris ear + mare sea]

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Noun

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ormer - an abalone found near the Channel IslandsHaliotis tuberculata, sea-earabalone, ear-shell - any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior