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Origin: L. Auricula. See Auricle.
1. <botany> (a) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear.
A species of Hirneola (H. Auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear.
2. <marine biology> A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.
(19 Mar 1998)
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