sea-earn.
1. A univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis; an ormer or ear-shell.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > genus Haliotis > member of
ormer1637
sea-ear1681
Norman shell1703
klipkous1731
paua1846
abalone1850
Venus's ear1859
awabi1889
perlemoen1891
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §vi. i. 139 [Of Shells] The Sea-Ear. Auris marina. It hath its Name from its Figure.
1755 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 32/2 Univalves... Sea Ears, Planæ. These are very flat, resembling a man's-ear.
1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. iii. 1326 Muscles and sea-ears supply the place of other fish.
1883 N. Okoshi Fisheries Japan (Fish. Exhib. Catal.) 16 The shells of sea-ear are now exported to Europe for the manufacture of buttons and other purposes.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > unspecified or unidentified plants
bildersc1425
bladdera1500
olourc1540
bellrags1548
laver1562
sion1562
olorina1596
water wall1607
strumblowes1624
sea-ear1668
sea-berry1711
sea-froth1725
slawk1824
flannel-weed1893
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §3. 71 Herbs considered according to their leaves... Sea-ear. [margin Auris marina.]
3. = sea-corn n., see quot. 1891 for sea-corn n. at sea n. Compounds 6d.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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