ormer
nounA European abalone (Haliotis tuberculata) found chiefly in the Channel Islands.
An ear-shell or sea-ear; an abalone or haliotid; a large marine shell of the family Haliotidæ: formerly a local English (Channel Islands) name of H. tuberculata, more fully called Guernsey ormer, or Guernsey ear-shell, which is abundant there and is used as food. See cut under abalone.
An abalone.
An abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.
An abalone found near the Channel Islands.
