aurited

[Lat. auritus.] 1. Zool.: Eared; furnished with ears, or with ear-shaped appendages. 2. Bot. Eared; furnished with lobes resembling ears. Not differing e entially from AURICLED and AURICULATE (q.v.). ear.] IMG:content-0900.jpg:[merged small][graphic][merged small] Bel. Gal., vi. 28). It formerly ranged over Europe and the British Isles, and the species survived in Poland and Lithuania till comparatively recent times. The word has been mistaken by some for a plural form, and has thus given rise to a spurious singular, auroch . 2. Improperly applied to the European bison ( Bos europœus ).