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auricle

Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.ɹɪk.əl/

The English word “auricle” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.
  2. The outer ear or pinna.
  3. Synonym of atrium.
  4. 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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