aurated

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adjective

Having or resembling ears.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

aurated1

adjectiveaurated (comparative more aurated, superlative most aurated)

comparative more aurated · superlative most aurated

  1. Having or resembling ears.

    It must, however, be remarked, that these tufts, or ears, are never erected but when the bird is in a quiescent state. […] When it was asleep or undisturbed, the aurated feathers were very distinguishable, standing above the rest about half an inch […]

    1831, George Montagu, James Rennie, Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds, page 242

aurated2

adjectiveaurated (not comparable)
  1. not comparableResembling or containing gold; gold-coloured; gilded.
  2. not comparablechemistryCombined with auric acid or some other compound of gold

Origin

  1. Latinauris“ear”
  2. Englishaurated

Coined based on Latin auris (“ear”).

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APA

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Chicago

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