Brit., Dial. abalone
Origin of ormer
French dialect, dialectal (Channel Islands) from French ormier from Classical Latin auris maris, ear of the sea (see ear and mare): from its shapeormer
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ormer
noun
Chiefly BritishA European abalone (Haliotis tuberculata) found chiefly in the Channel Islands.
Origin of ormer
French dialectal from French ormier short for oreille-de-mer translation of Latin auris maris sea-ear auris ear ; see ous- in Indo-European roots. maris genitive of mare sea ; see mori- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural ormers)
Origin
From Jèrriais ormèr, Guernésiais ormer, variants of French ormier, contraction of oreille-de-mer, from Late Latin *auris maris.
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