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Webster 1913 Edition


Ormer

Or′mer

(ôr′mẽr)
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Noun.
(Zool.)
An abalone.

Definition 2024


ormer

ormer

See also: ormèr

English

Haliotis tuberculata

Noun

ormer (plural ormers)

  1. 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.

Synonyms


Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ormer m

  1. indefinite plural of orm