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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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