Found 2 items, similar to auriculae.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: auriculae
auriculae
See
auricula
auricula
n 1: yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
[syn:
bear's ear,
Primula auricula]
2: a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the
heart [syn:
auricular appendage,
auricular appendix]
[also:
auriculae (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Auriculae
Auricula
\Au*ric"u*la\, n.; pl. L.
Auricul[ae], 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 Jud[ae],
or
Jew's-ear. --P. Cyc.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
[1913 Webster]