ormer
1 synonym for ormer, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A type of sea snail with an ear-shaped shell, especially the kind found around the Channel Islands.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
From Norman ormèr/ormer, variants of French ormier, a contraction of oreille-de-mer, from Late Latin *auris maris ("ear of the sea"), from Latin auris ("ear") plus mare ("sea").
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