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
The ormer adheres to the rocks like the limpet tribe, but is seldom seen above low water-mark, like the limpet, who loves to be exposed to the sun and air twice a day.
From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Ernest R. (Ernest Richard) Suffling
Farming operations—I make a plough and a cart—A donkey hunt—Dumb helpers—My live stockCHAPTER V. Canoeing—Fish of the place—The ormer and limpet—A curious fishing adventure—Queer captures from the sea—Rock fish—Construct a fish pond and water-millCHAPTER VI.
From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Ernest R. (Ernest Richard) Suffling
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