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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 au·ri·cle /ˈɔrɪkəl/
 外耳

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 au·ri·cle /ˈɔrɪkəl/ 名詞
 耳廓,心耳,心房,耳狀突

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Au·ri·cle n.
 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. Zool. An angular or ear-shaped lobe.
 3. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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