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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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... signis, qui responderunt quod inclinare caput Domino ad illius horae momentum, foret confirmatio omnibus diebus vitae suae, ad obediendum ipsi et fidelitatem obseruandam imperio, nec posse corrumpi promissionibus siue donis, quodque digitum in auricula imponere, obturatio est auditus contra omnia Imperatori, et Imperio contraria. Et sic de singulis factis singula mysteria confingentes decipiunt audientes: horum itaque fraudulento ingenio, iste Grand Can festiuatus, non nisi ad talium iudicium parari permittit cibaria, ...

— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries - of the English Nation. v. 8 - Asia, Part I. • Richard Hakluyt