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   auricle

   /ˈɔːrɪkl/

   noun

   • 1. a structure resembling an ear or ear lobe: "grass leaves often have two auricles at the junction between the leaf sheath and the blade"
   • ▪ the external part or pinna of the ear.
   • 2. another term for atrium (of the heart)
   • ▪ a small muscular flap on the surface of each atrium of the heart.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin auricula ‘external part of the ear’, diminutive of auris ‘ear’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • A

     1

   • U

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   • R

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   • I

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   • C

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   • L

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   • E

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