ormer

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UK/ˈɔːmə/

noun

An abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.

Similar
abalonesea-earear shellHaliotis tuberculata
OriginNorman ormèr ← French ormier ← Late Latin *auris maris →
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Meanings

nounormer (plural ormers)

plural ormers

  1. An abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.

    The food I like best of all foods is ormers; but you can't always get them.

    1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 16

    Synonyms: abalone, sea-ear, ear shell

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.

Similar
abalonesea-earear shell

More synonyms by meaning

nounan abalone found near the Channel Islands

Similar
sea-earHaliotis tuberculata
Broader
abaloneear-shell
Also see
abalonepawasea ear

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinauris“ear”
  2. Late Latin*auris maris“ear of the sea”
  3. Frenchormier
  4. Normanormèr
  5. Englishormer

From Norman ormèr/ormer, variants of French ormier, contraction of oreille-de-mer, from Late Latin *auris maris (“ear of the sea”), from Latin auris (“ear”) + mare (“sea”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ormer

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Anagrams

RomerMorre
Cite this entry
APA

ormer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ormer

MLA

“ormer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ormer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ormer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ormer.

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