auricle

1. 1.

   a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart

   Synonymsatrial auricleauricula atrii

   Broaderpouch

   Part ofatrium cordis
2. 2.

   the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

   Synonymspinnaear

   Broadercartilaginous structure

   Narrowercauliflower ear

   Part ofexternal ear

   Partsearlobetragus

Other forms of auricle

plural

auricles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about auricle

What does auricle mean?

auricle means "a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in auricle?

auricle has 3 syllables: au-ri-cle. The stress falls on "au".

What is another word for auricle?

Close synonyms include atrial auricle, auricula atrii, pinna, ear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is auricle a common word?

auricle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.