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Webster 1913 Edition
Auricula
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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.