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Definition of Auriform
1. Adjective. Having a shape resembling an ear.
Definition of Auriform
1. a. Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.
Definition of Auriform
1. Adjective. Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped. An example is the gastropod mollusc abalone, which is also known as the 'ear shell'. ¹
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Definition of Auriform
1. ear-shaped [adj]
Medical Definition of Auriform
1. Ear-shaped. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Auriform
Literary usage of Auriform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1895)
"186), shell auriform, last whorl very large, operculum much too small for the
... auriform; some species deposit their eggs on compound Ascidians (p. ..."
2. The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences by Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham (1836)
"auriform, depressed ; spire small, short, nearly lateral : aperture expansive,
large ¡ ¡ik perforated with a row of holes. ..."
3. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1906)
"Shell globular or auriform, external or partly covered by the mantle. ...
d,Orbigny ; shell auriform, the spire scarcely projecting ; the edges of the shell ..."
4. American Geology: Containing a Statement of the Principles of the Science by Ebenezer Emmons (1875)
"Upper part of the calciferous sandstone at Chazy, NY 2. Shell auriform, spire
depressed. ... Suborbicular, oblong, auriform; spire ..."
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