2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auricle \Au"ri*cle\, n. [L. auricula, dim. of auris ear. See
{Ear}.]
1. (Anat.)
a The external ear, or that part of the ear which is
prominent from the head.
b The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart,
by which the blood is received and transmitted to the
ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its
resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some
quadrupeds. See {Heart}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) An angular or ear-shaped lobe.
3. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing;
a kind of ear trumpet. --Mansfield.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
auricle
n 1: a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior
part of each atrium of the heart [syn: {atrial auricle},
{auricula atrii}]
2: the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the
external ear [syn: {pinna}, {ear}]
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