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earless

earless

1 6.7
Having no visible outer ears
  • adjective
  • /ˈɪr.ləs/
translation icon : sin orejas
  • The head was triangular, earless, and the skin was reptilian green.
  • earless monitor lizard
  • earless monitor

Examples

  • Hidey had risen from idleness and was now doing hand jive with a goggle-eyed, earless Venutian midget who might vaporize North Dakota for amusement.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • You called me an earless witch, right?

    Oye Hoye Pyar Ho Gaya (2013)

  • The heads are earless, the hands fingerless, and the feet toeless.

    Blog text (11)

  • Do you think you might want to adopt an earless rabbit?

  • Rare animals like the earless monitor lizard tend to appeal only to a subculture of people who collect exotic animals.

Antonyms

eared
9 7.5

Having visible ears or parts that look like ears

Compounds

earless lizard
  • Specialized
9.5

A slender lizard without visible ear openings found in the western United States and Mexico

earless seal
  • Specialized
7.7

A sea animal with no outside ear flaps and back flippers for swimming

How Eared

eared
9 7.5
earless
1 6.7

Surface Forms

earless positive

Morphology

earless = ear (transparent) = ear + less

Productive negative formation with '-less' meaning 'without', so the meaning 'without ears' is directly derivable from 'ear'.

Etymology

Earless is made of ear and the ending -less, which means 'without'. So it literally means 'without ears', and is used for animals or objects that do not have visible external ears.