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   ‖Auricula , n.; pl. L. Auriculæ , E. Auriculas . [L. auricula. See Auricle.]
   (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 Judæ, or Jew's-ear.
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   (Zool.) (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.
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   Bear's-ear , n. (Bot.) A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf.
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