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Muriform vs Auriform - What's the difference?

muriform | auriform |

As adjectives the difference between muriform and auriform

is that muriform is (botany) resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement while auriform is having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped an example is the gastropod mollusc abalone, which is also known as the 'ear shell'.

muriform

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (botany) Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement.
    • a muriform variety of cellular tissue
    (Webster 1913)

    auriform

    English

    Adjective

    (en 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'.

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