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[oreillete]1 (c.1250)
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[oreillete]1 (c.1250)

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orailete  
  FEW:  auricula 25,993a Gdf:  oreillete 5,262b GdfC: ∅ TL: oreillete 6,1235 DEAF:  oreille (oreillete)  DMF:  oreillette  TLF: ∅ OED:  oreillet n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  auricula 163a

The diminutive of oreille is presumably a literal translation of the Latin auricula, itself the diminutive of auris.

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anat.(small) ear: 
( MS: c.1250 )  De menbris et de visceribus [...] Hec auris: oreaile; Hec auricula  TLL i 411

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See also:

oreille  oreillaunce  oreillé  oreiller1  oreiller2  oreillere1  oreillete2  oreillier  oreilloun1  oreilloun2 
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