ormer
Americannoun
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an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
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any abalone.
noun
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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
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any other abalone
Etymology
Origin of ormer
1665–75; < French ormier < Latin auris maris ear of the sea
Example Sentences
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The man before the court last April, under indictment for fraud and embezzlement, was Philipp Auerbach, f ormer head of the Jewish restitution office in Bavaria.
From Time Magazine Archive
My only regret is that you failed to acknowledge the author of so much of what is now coming into fruition: ormer Mayor Raymond Tucker.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ormer, rarely seen in England, is, I believe, sometimes called the Sea Ear.
From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Ernest R. (Ernest Richard) Suffling
She had little fiat rows of grey curls, tight to her head, on each side of her face, for all the world like little ormer shells sticking to a stone.
From Carette of Sark by John Oxenham
For one with artistic tastes and love of colour like myself, the interior of an ormer shell is a veritable fairy grotto.
From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Ernest R. (Ernest Richard) Suffling
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