: having ears especially of a specified kind or number
a big-eared man
golden-eared corn
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This sweet corner bookmark will save her future books from getting dog-eared while adding a sweet, handmade touch with her initial.
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Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 13 Oct. 2025
There are bookshelves teeming with dog-eared paperbacks, imposing hardbacks, critical anthologies, story collections, art books; my writer is also a reader, and a voracious one at that.
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Farms with multiple species also provide habitat for colorful and charismatic wildlife such as the endangered Yellow-eared Parrot and mantled howling monkey.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 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
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Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 13 Oct. 2025
There are bookshelves teeming with dog-eared paperbacks, imposing hardbacks, critical anthologies, story collections, art books; my writer is also a reader, and a voracious one at that.
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Farms with multiple species also provide habitat for colorful and charismatic wildlife such as the endangered Yellow-eared Parrot and mantled howling monkey.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 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
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“Eared.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eared. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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eared
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: having ears especially of a specified kind or number
a big-eared man
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