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An angular or ear-shaped lobe.

Having ear-shaped appendages or lobes; auriculate; as, auricled leaves.

A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear. (b)

or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zoöl.) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc. Auriculate leaf, one having small appended leaves or lobes on each side…

Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.

stability. An aëroplane is inherently stable if it keeps in steady poise by virtue of its shape and proportions alone; it is automatically stable if it keeps in steady poise by means of self-operative mechanism.

See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill.

he pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.

ather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.

A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves.

Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded. Gray.

, (Bot.) A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena).

Shaped like a rod or staff.

Of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped.

Rod-shaped.

A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.

A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of divine origin.

A bag-shaped net for catching fish.

A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance).

Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.