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Webster 1913 Edition


Auricula


Au-ric′u-la

,
Noun.
;
pl. L.
Auriculæ
, 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
(
Hirneola auricula
), a membranaceous fungus, called also
auricula Judæ
, or
Jew's-ear
.
P. Cyc.
2.
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Auricula

AURIC'ULA

,
Noun.
That species of primrose, called, from the shape of its leaves, bear's ear.

Definition 2024


aurícula

aurícula

See also: auricula

Portuguese

Noun

aurícula f (plural aurículas)

  1. (anatomy) auricle (ear-shaped appendage of the atrium of the heart)
  2. (botany) auricle (appendage in the shape of an earlobe)

Spanish

Noun

aurícula f (plural aurículas)

  1. Either of the atrial chambers of the heart; atrium.