ormer
9.9
A small edible sea snail with a flat shell eaten as a special food
- noun
- UK
:
ormer
- In the Channel Islands, many restaurants serve ormer as a special delicacy.
Examples
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Tourists love to taste ormer when they visit the seaside markets of Guernsey.
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The fisherman proudly displayed his catch of ormer from the rocky shores.
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You ever hear of Ormer Locklear?
Synonyms
abalone
vsormer
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8.1
A large sea snail with a flat ear-shaped shell and a shiny inside that people eat
is a local, specific delicacy found near the Channel Islands
9.9
A sea snail with a flattened shell that people eat
is valued locally as a delicacy rather than a technical species label
9.9
A sea snail with a flat ear-shaped shell found near the Channel Islands
is valued as a delicacy rather than focusing on shell shape
9.9
A group of sea snails called abalones that live on rocky coasts and have shiny inner shells
is a specific local edible type rather than a broad taxonomic group
How Prized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ormer comes from the French word ormeau, the local name for abalone. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the shell as a small 'ear', so an ormer is the edible sea 'ear' prized as a delicacy.