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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Au·ric·u·la n.; pl. L. Auriculæ E. Auriculas
 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 Judæ, or Jew's-ear.
 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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