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ormer

[ awr-mer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

ormer

/ ˈɔːmə /

Also calledsea-ear an edible marine gastropod mollusc, Haliotis tuberculata, that has an ear-shaped shell perforated with holes and occurs near the Channel Islands
any other abalone

Origin of ormer¹

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

Origin of ormer¹

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

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

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

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