ormer

[ awr-mer ]
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noun
  1. an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.

  2. any abalone.

Origin of ormer

1
1665–75; <French ormier<Latin auris maris ear of the sea

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How to use ormer in a sentence

  • For one with artistic tastes and love of colour like myself, the interior of an ormer shell is a veritable fairy grotto.

    Jethou | E. R. Suffling
  • Hennie Penny, you see, had come bravely through dire troubles of her own, and tribulation softens the heart as it does the ormer.

    Pearl of Pearl Island | John Oxenham

British Dictionary definitions for ormer

ormer

/ (ˈɔːmə) /


noun
  1. 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 Islands

  2. any other abalone

Origin of ormer

1
C17: from French (Guernsey dialect), apparently from Latin auris ear + mare sea

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