auriculas

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auriculas - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Auricula \Au*ric"u*la\, n.; pl. L. Auricul[ae], E.
     Auriculas. [L. auricula. See Auricle.]
     1. (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 Jud[ae],
            or Jew's-ear. --P. Cyc.
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     2. (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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