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AURICLE (from Lat. diminutive of auri...

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 925 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AURICLE (from See also:Lat. diminutive of auris, See also:ear)  , the See also:external See also:ear in animals, or an analogous See also:part in See also:plants, &c . From a supposed resemblance to the ear of a See also:dog, the See also:term was applied to the upper cavities of the See also:heart . The See also:adjective " auricular " is more specially used in the phrase " auricular See also:confession " (see CONFESSION), i.e. private .

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