: having ears especially of a specified kind or number
a big-eared man
golden-eared corn
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There had also been a tube of lip balm, a stick of mints, and a dog-eared paperback novel by Gabriel Matzneff.
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Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Figurines of the grinning, pointy-eared elf, marketed by a Chinese company called Pop Mart, are so wildly popular that fans around the world go to great lengths to get their hands on them.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Honey is a recognizable archetype, the sort of pulp-fiction staple honed over decades of vintage publications, dog-eared paperbacks and B-movie double features.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
The pointy-eared, sharp-tooth monsters’ popularity is due in part to the company’s blind-box packaging approach for many of its products, a draw for customers curious about what’s inside.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Figurines of the grinning, pointy-eared elf, marketed by a Chinese company called Pop Mart, are so wildly popular that fans around the world go to great lengths to get their hands on them.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Honey is a recognizable archetype, the sort of pulp-fiction staple honed over decades of vintage publications, dog-eared paperbacks and B-movie double features.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
The pointy-eared, sharp-tooth monsters’ popularity is due in part to the company’s blind-box packaging approach for many of its products, a draw for customers curious about what’s inside.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Eared.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eared. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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eared
adjective
: having ears especially of a specified kind or number
a big-eared man
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