Auriculate leaf, one having small appended leaves or lobes on each side of its petiole or base.

Auriferous
(Au*rif"er*ous) a. [L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre to bear: cf. F. aurifère.] Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.

Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays.
Thomson.

Auriferous pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide), containing some gold disseminated through it.

Auriflamme
(Au"ri*flamme) n. See Oriflamme.

Auriform
(Au"ri*form) a. [L. auris ear + -form.] Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.

Auriga
(||Au*ri"ga) n. [L., charioteer.] (Anat.) The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella.

Aurigal
(Au*ri"gal) a. [L. aurigalis.] Of or pertaining to a chariot. [R.]

Aurigation
(Au`ri*ga"tion) n. [L. aurigatio, fr. aurigare to be a charioteer, fr. auriga.] The act of driving a chariot or a carriage. [R.] De Quincey.

Aurigraphy
(Au*rig"ra*phy) n. [L. aurum gold + -graphy.] The art of writing with or in gold.

Aurin
(Au"rin) n. [L. aurum gold.] (Chem.) A red coloring matter derived from phenol; — called also, in commerce, yellow corallin.

Auriphrygiate
(Au`ri*phryg"i*ate) a. [LL. auriphrigiatus; L. aurum gold + LL. phrygiare to adorn with Phrygian needlework, or with embroidery; perhaps corrupted from some other word. Cf. Orfrays.] Embroidered or decorated with gold. [R.] Southey.

Auripigment
(Au`ri*pig"ment) n. See Orpiment. [Obs.]

Auriscalp
(Au"ri*scalp) n. [L. auris ear + scalpere to scrape.] An earpick.

Auriscope
(Au"ri*scope) n. [L. auris + -scope.] (Med.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

Auriscopy
(Au*ris"co*py) n. Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.

Aurist
(Au"rist) n. [L. auris ear.] One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear.

Aurited
(Au"ri*ted) a. [L. auritus, fr. auris ear.] (Zoöl.) Having lobes like the ear; auriculate.

Aurivorous
(Au*riv"o*rous) a. [L. aurum gold + vorare to devour.] Gold-devouring. [R.] H. Walpole.

Aurocephalous
(Au`ro*ceph"a*lous) a. [Aurum + cephalous.] (Zoöl.) Having a gold-colored head.

Aurochloride
(Au`ro*chlo"ride) n. [Aurum + chloride.] (Chem.) The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; — called also chloraurate.

Auriculars
(Au*ric"u*lars) n. pl. (Zoöl.) A circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear of birds.

Auriculate
(Au*ric"u*late Au*ric"u*la`ted) a. [See Auricle.] (Biol.) Having ears 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.


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