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ormer

UK/ˈɔːmə/

ormer noun: an abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.

ormer: an abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands
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Noun

ormer (plural ormers)

  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

ormer meaning in Bengali

ormer in Bengali

এক প্রকার অ্যাবালোন, সামুদ্রিক শামুক

Synonyms of ormer

Forms of ormer

pluralormers

Origin of ormer

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”).

Words formed from ormer

Words that rhyme with ormer

Questions about ormer

What does ormer mean?
Ormer means an abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.
What is ormer in Bengali?
Ormer in Bengali is এক প্রকার অ্যাবালোন, সামুদ্রিক শামুক. See Ormer meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ormer?
Ormer is a noun.
How do you pronounce ormer?
Ormer is pronounced /ˈɔːmə/ (UK).
What is the plural of ormer?
The plural of ormer is ormers.

Words near ormer in the dictionary

  1. Orléans
  2. ORM
  3. Ormazd
  4. Orme
  5. ormeloxifene
  6. ormer
  7. ormering
  8. Ormerod
  9. Ormerods
  10. ormers
  11. Ormesby

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ormer (page history and authors); ormer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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