ormer

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ormer

/ˈɔːmə/ UK

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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”).

noun ormers

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.
Similar: abalone, sea-ear, ear shell

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@misc{ormer_2026,
  title = {ormer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ormer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}