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AURICULA
Origin: L. Auricula. See Auricle.
1. (a) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear.
A species of Hirneola (H. Auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called alsoauricula Judae, or Jew's-ear.
2. A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found around the sea, where the water is brackish One of the five arched processes of the shellnear the jaws of a sea urchin.