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auricle.

Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɔː.ɹɪk.əl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɔɹ.ək.əl/General-American
  1. Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.

  2. Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe. The outer ear or pinna.

  3. Synonym of atrium.

  4. Synonym of atrium. An anterior ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the human heart.

Where this word comes from

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

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