auricularia

[aw-rik-yuh-lair-ee-uh]

au·ric·u·lar·i·a

[aw-rik-yuh-lair-ee-uh]
noun, plural au·ric·u·lar·i·ae [-lair-ee-ee] , au·ric·u·lar·i·as.
the bilaterally symmetrical, ciliated larva of a holothurian.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin; see auricle, -aria
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Auricularia has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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auricularia

noun
type genus of the Auriculariaceae 
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