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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auricula \Au*ric"u*la\, n.; pl L. {Auricul[ae]}, E.
{Auriculas}. [L. auricula. See {Auricle}.]
1. (Bot.) a A species of {Primula}, or primrose, called
also from the shape of its leaves, {bear's-ear}.
b
b A species of {Hirneola} ({H. auricula}), a
membranaceous fungus, called also {auricula Jud[ae]},
or {Jew's-ear}. --P. Cyc.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
auricula
n 1: yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
[syn: {bear's ear}, {Primula auricula}]
2: a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the
heart [syn: {auricular appendage}, {auricular appendix}]
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