ormer
nounUK /ˈɔːmə/
Etymology 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”).
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:
- Derived terms
- green ormer, ormering