Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Shaped like an ear.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Ear-shaped; having the form of the external human ear: as, an auriform shell.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped. An example is the gastropod mollusc abalone, which is also known as the 'ear shell'.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having a shape resembling an ear

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin auris, ear; see ous- in Indo-European roots + –form.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin auris ("ear") + -form

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