earlobe

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“earlobe” is listed under Lobe.

Origin: F. lobe, Gr. λοβός.

Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form; as: (a) Botany A rounded projection or division of a leaf. Asa Gray (b)Zoology A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot. (c) Anatomy A round projecting part of an organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc. See Illust. of Brain. (b) Machinery The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel.

Lobe of the ear, the soft, fleshy prominence in which the human ear terminates below, also called the earlobe. See. Illust. of Ear.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54