auricularly

Variant of auricular

adjective

  1. of or near the ear, or having to do with the sense of hearing
  2. received by or spoken directly into the ear; private: an auricular confession
  3. shaped like an ear
  4. of an auricle

Origin: ME auriculer < ML auricularis < L auricula: see auricle

noun

any of the feathers covering the opening of a bird's ear: usually used in pl.

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