a. [f. L. auri-s ear + -FORM.] Shaped like an (usually the human) ear.

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1816.  Kirby & Sp., Entomol. (1843), II. 239. Two auriform respiratory organs.

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1836.  Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 691/2. Two auriform appendages.

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