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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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 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
Then followed a scraping with ormer shells, and, in a few minutes, the black pig was divested of his hairy coat.
From The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story by Roussel, John
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 Suffling, Ernest R. (Ernest Richard)
The flesh of the ormer, when grilled, is something like a veal cutlet cooked in a fishy frying-pan, and I cannot say I was greatly enraptured with the uncommon univalve.
From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Suffling, Ernest R. (Ernest Richard)
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