auricle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: auricle	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
auricle n a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart Synonym(s): auricle, atrial auricle, auricula atrii the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear Synonym(s): auricle, pinna, ear
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auricle \Au"ricle\, 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}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An angular or ear-shaped lobe. 3. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet. --Mansfield.