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Main Entry: ear
Pronunciation: i()r
Function: noun
1 : the characteristic vertebrate organ of hearing and equilibrium consisting in the typical mammal of a sound-collecting outer ear separated by the tympanic membrane from a sound-transmitting middle ear that in turn is separated from a sensory inner ear by membranous fenestrae
2 a : the external ear of humans and most mammals b : a human earlobe <had her ears pierced>
3 a : the sense or act of hearing b : acuity of hearing
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