Ormer

//ˈɔːmə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.

    "The food I like best of all foods is ormers; but you can't always get them."

  2. 2
    an abalone found near the Channel Islands wordnet

Synonyms

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sea-earabaloneabaloneear shellear shellhaliotis tuberculata

Example

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"The food I like best of all foods is ormers; but you can't always get them."

Etymology

From Norman ormèr/ormer, variants of French ormier, contraction of oreille-de-mer, from Late Latin *auris maris (“ear of the sea”), from Latin auris (“ear”) + mare (“sea”).

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green ormersea ear

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