ormer noun. ['ɔ:mǝ; ɔrmɛr (pl. same)] M17.
[Channel Islands French = French ormier, from Latin auris maris ear of the sea, so called from its resemblance to the ear.]
A sea-ear or abalone of northern and Mediterranean waters, of the genus Haliotis; esp. H. tuberculata, used as food in the Channel Islands.

■ ormering noun the collecting of ormers (in the Channel Islands) E20.

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