a thick ear

:  having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its opposite

:  heavily built :  thickset

:  close-packed with units or individuals

:  in a thick manner :  thickly

:  the most crowded or active part

:  the part of greatest thickness

:  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

:  any of various organs (as of a fish) capable of detecting vibratory motion

:  the external ear of humans and most mammals

:  the fruiting spike of a cereal (such as wheat or corn) including both the seeds and protective structures

:  to form ears in growing