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NOUN (2)

1. a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart;
[syn: auricle, atrial auricle, auricula atrii]

2. the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear;
[syn: auricle, pinna, ear]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Auricle \Au"ri*cle\, n. [L. auricula, dim. of auris ear. See Ear.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head. (b) The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) An angular or ear-shaped lobe. [1913 Webster] 3. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet. --Mansfield. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

auricle n 1: a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart [syn: auricle, atrial auricle, auricula atrii] 2: the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear [syn: auricle, pinna, ear]