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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--auricle This week's theme: uncommon homophones of common words. auricle (OR-i-kuhl) noun 1. The outer projecting part of the ear; also known as pinna. 2. An ear-shaped part of each atrium of the heart. [From Latin auricula (little ear), from auris (ear). Ultimately from Indo-European root aus- (ear) that's also the ancestor of such words as ear, aural, scout (literally, act of listening or spying).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.org) "Smith even wrapped rubber bands around his ears to mimic Shrek's oddly shaped auricles." Emily Aronson; Halloween Haven; Portsmouth Herald News (New Hampshire); Nov 1, 2005. X-Bonus Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world. -RD Laing, psychiatrist and author (1927-1989)

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