auriculated, ppl. a.
(-eɪtɛd)
[f. prec. + -ed.]
= prec. auriculated (or sociable) vulture: a species of vulture which has a fleshy crest extending from each ear along the side of the neck.
| 1711 Petiver in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 385 Having auriculated..Radish-like Leaves. 1809 G. Shaw Zool. vii. 24 The auriculated Vulture or Oricou. |