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noun

Auricula n. (pl. L. auriculae, E. auriculas)

(Bot.)

(a)

A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear.

(b)

A species of Hirneola (Hirneola auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear.

(Zool.)

(a)

A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish.

(b)

One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.

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Etymology of 'Auricula'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Auricula" Quotes from Famous Books

... suggestive of peaceful proprietorship. He paused to examine his bed of spring wallflowers, stooped to uproot an impertinent dandelion which had taken root in his otherwise irreproachable turf, gathered a fine auricula and placed it in his button-hole. Then he took a contented survey of his fruit trees, until his eyes finally rested upon the white-robed bower of the balloon. A change came o'er the spirit of the Colonel's pastoral dream. His ruddy gills assumed a purplish hue, his grizzled ...

— The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 • Various

Words linked to "Auricula" : pouch, bear's ear, primrose, Primula auricula, primula, Auricularia auricula, atrium of the heart, auricula atrii, auricular appendage, pocket, auricular appendix, atrium cordis