: having ears especially of a specified kind or number
a big-eared man
golden-eared corn
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If Chinese martial artist and erstwhile child star Xie Miao comes off best in the ensemble of a film not overly concerned with the more cerebral aspects of performance, that’s in part because he’s not saddled with any of the multilingually tin-eared dialogue.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 June 2026
The Wookiee will live with the lamb, the Anzellan will lie down with the Hutt, the Twi’leks, and the Zabraks and the Mon Calamari, too, and a child — a small, green, long-eared and ever-so-adorable child — shall lead them.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
So the Mandalorian bounty hunter and his big-eared sidekick get roped into fighting the good fight.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 18 May 2026
In a 2018 study, for instance, Escobar and colleagues identified other rodent species in Chile and Argentina that can carry Andes hantavirus and may pose a risk to humans, including the southern big-eared mouse, the long-haired grass mouse, and olive grass mouse.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 May 2026
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 June 2026
The Wookiee will live with the lamb, the Anzellan will lie down with the Hutt, the Twi’leks, and the Zabraks and the Mon Calamari, too, and a child — a small, green, long-eared and ever-so-adorable child — shall lead them.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
So the Mandalorian bounty hunter and his big-eared sidekick get roped into fighting the good fight.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 18 May 2026
In a 2018 study, for instance, Escobar and colleagues identified other rodent species in Chile and Argentina that can carry Andes hantavirus and may pose a risk to humans, including the southern big-eared mouse, the long-haired grass mouse, and olive grass mouse.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 May 2026
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eared
adjective
: having ears especially of a specified kind or number
a big-eared man
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