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Definition of: ormer
(ôr′mər) noun
1. An ear shell; especially, Haliotis tuberculata, an edible univalve mollusk of the Channel Islands.
2. An abalone. [<dial. F (Channel Islands) <F ormier, contraction of oreille de mer, lit., ear of the sea; so called with ref. to its shape]
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