Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

auricle

au.ri.cle \'o.r-i-k*l\ n [L auricula, fr. dim. of auris ear] 1a: PINNA  1b: 
   the chamber or either of the chambers of the heart that receives blood 
   from the veins and forces it into the ventricle or ventricles 2: an angular 
   or ear-shaped anatomic lobe or process