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auriform [awr-uh-fawrm] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- shaped like an ear, as the shell of certain mollusks.
Origin of auriform First recorded in 1810–20; auri-2 + -form Examples from the Web for auriform Historical Examples of auriform
When any of the joints are externally dilated into an auriform process.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4)
William Kirby
Shell globular or auriform, external or partly covered by the mantle.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5
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