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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A court or hall.
  • noun [NL.] In anatomy, the anterior portion of the third ventricle of the brain, corresponding to the cavity of the primitive prosencephalon; a mesal portion of the common ventricular cavity of the brain; in the amphibian brain, the ventricle of the unpaired cerebral rudiment.
  • noun 3. [NL.] In zoology, the cavity of a colony of infusorians, as members of Volvox or Eudorina. A. Hyatt.

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  • noun The anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain leading to the lateral ventricles.

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Latin aula ("forecourt")

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