auricular i an (arikularian)

[ auricular is (a-rik-ū-lā'ris), n.; pl. auricula res (-rēz). [NL.: see auricular.] The little finger. See auricular finger, under auricular. auricularly (a-rik'u-lär-li), adv. 1. In an auricular manner; specifically, in a secret manner; by whispers. These will soon confe , and that not auricularly , but in a loud and audible voice. Decay of Christ . Piety , vii. § 4. 2. By means of auricles. auriculate, auriculated (a-rik'ū-lāt, -la-ted), a. [NL. auriculatus, blunt in entom., antennæ in which one of the basal joints is ex panded laterally in a concave plate, as in certain aquatic beetles. Auriculate elytra, in entom., elytra produced laterally at the humeral angles into a free lobe.