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Auricle

//ˈɔː.ɹɪk.əl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.
  2. 2
    the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear wordnet
  3. 3
    Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.; The outer ear or pinna.
  4. 4
    a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart wordnet
  5. 5
    Synonym of atrium.
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  1. 6
    Synonym of atrium.; An anterior ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the human heart.

Etymology

From Latin auricula (“the external ear”), diminutive of auris (“the ear”). Doublet of auricula.

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