Ormer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Chiefly British An abalone, especially of the species Haliotis tuberculata, found chiefly in the Channel Islands.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An abalone.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
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  • n. an abalone found near the Channel Islands
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    abalone    ear-shell   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abalone    sea-ear    ear shell   
     
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