auricularia

1 of 2

noun (1)

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plural auricularias

-əz

also auriculariae

-rēˌē,

-rēˌī

: a free-swimming holothurian larva of which the body has short blunt lobes

Auricularia

2 of 2

noun (2)

Au·​ric·​u·​lar·​ia

ȯˌrikyəˈla(a)rēə

: the type genus of Auriculariaceae see wood ear

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

New Latin, from auricula + -aria

Noun (2)

New Latin, from Latin auricula + New Latin -aria

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