Auricula

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.

II. Auricula ·noun A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish.

III. Auricula ·noun A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear.

IV. Auricula ·noun A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

← Auricled   ×   Auriculae →

Related Words