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eared

eared

14 7.5
Having visible ears or parts that look like ears
  • adjective
  • /ɪrd/
: con orejas
  • She teaches tin-eared teenagers at a music school a few days a week.
  • eared owl
  • eared bat
  • long-eared

Sorry, I'm saying I can't be talking right when I'm saying I had red eared, red eared sliders.

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Examples

  • A long-eared rabbit hopped, rush, rush, rush past the frog on her way to the meadow.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • One of them chewed on a big-eared bat that had fallen from its perch high up in the cave.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • It's that big-eared captain I got who was listening.

  • Let go of me, you rabbit-eared...

  • This is a one-eared elephant.

  • The great big-eared bunny, Bugs.

  • Caitlin is in the yard, chasing a big floppy-eared Labrador.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Red-eared slider.

  • I saw her astride the one-eared mare from my family's herd.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The big-eared rabbit hopped happily through the garden.

Synonyms

auricular
vseared
  • Specialized
1 8.8

Relating to the ear or to hearing

is about possession of hearing appendages or their kinds rather than general auditory relation
ear-shaped
vseared
1 4.6

A thing that looks like the outer part of an ear

is about having actual hearing organs or appendages, not just shape
ear-like
vseared
1 5.1

Having a small curved shape like an ear

is about actual possession of hearing organs or specific kinds, not mere appearance
auriculated
vseared
  • Specialized
9.9

Having ear-shaped parts on leaves or petals

is the general adjective for having hearing appendages, often used in combination

Antonyms

1 6.7

Having no visible outer ears

Compounds

2 7.5

Having only one ear

A slim owl with long feather tufts on its head that lives in tall pine forests

jug-eared
  • Offensive
1 8.2

A person with large ears that stick out from the head

1 6.8

Having shorter ears than others of the same kind

A bat with very long ears that finds insects by sound

big-eared bat
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A large bat with very large ears that listens for insect sounds

1 8.2

A small water bird with yellow feathers near its ears and a black neck

1 4.9

Able to hear very quiet sounds

1 4.3

An animal with ears that are small for its head

A bat with ears that look like a mouse's

western big-eared bat
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A bat with very large ears that lives in western North America

A sea mammal with visible ear flaps that walks on land, like sea lions and fur seals

A small plant with white flowers and soft hairy leaves like a mouse ear

9.9

A small Australian animal with long ears like a rabbit

Able to hear very quiet sounds

How Eared

eared
14 7.5
short-eared
1 6.8
earless
1 6.7

Surface Forms

eared positive

Morphology

eared = ear (transparent) = ear + ed

A straightforward adjectival formation meaning 'having ears' formed by adding '-ed' to the noun 'ear'.

Etymology

Eared comes from ear, meaning the body part or 'hearing organ', so it describes animals or objects that have visible ears or ear-like parts, as in 'white-eared' or 'long-eared'.