different between muriform vs auriform

English

From Latin murus (“a wall”) + -form.

muriform (comparative more muriform, superlative most muriform)

(botany) Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement.
a muriform variety of cellular tissue

Latin auris (“ear”) +? -form

auriform (comparative more auriform, superlative most auriform)

Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.
The gastropod mollusc abalone is auriform, and therefore also known as the ear shell.

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