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Webster 1913 Edition
Ormer
Or′mer
(ôr′mẽr)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
An abalone.
Definition 2025
ormer
ormer
See also: ormèr
English
Haliotis tuberculata
Noun
ormer (plural ormers)
- An abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 16:
- 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 2007, p. 16: