Au·ric·u·lar a.
 1. Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves.
 2. Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.
    This next chapter is a penitent confession of the king, and the strangest . . . that ever was auricular.   --Milton.
 3. Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence. “Auricular assurance.”
 4. Received by the ear; known by report. “Auricular traditions.”
 5. Anat. Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
 Auricular finger, the little finger; so called because it can be readily introduced into the ear passage.
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