auricle

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From Latin auricula, diminutive of auris (“‘ear’”)

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Singular
auricle

Plural
auricles

auricle (plural auricles)

  1. (anatomy) The outer ear or pinna.
  2. (anatomy) An ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the heart.
  3. (anatomy) An atrium, the smaller of the two types of heart chamber.
  4. (botany) Any appendage in the shape of an earlobe

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outer ear
an ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the heart
smaller of the two types of heart chamber — see atrium
botany: appendage in the shape of an earlobe
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