ppl. a. [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.

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1711.  Petiver, in Phil. Trans., XXVII. 385. Having auriculated … Radish-like Leaves.

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1809.  G. Shaw, Zool., VII. 24. The auriculated Vulture or Oricou.

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