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: 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

: being on fire

: ardent, intense

: affecting with or as if with heat