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eared

adjective
\ ˈird How to pronounce eared (audio) \

Definition of eared

: having ears especially of a specified kind or number a big-eared man golden-eared corn

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Tall guys in track suits and sneakers, an older man who read a dog-eared Bible during breaks, an elderly woman pushing a walker and another man with a cane. — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, "How a Flint court battle became Mateen Cleaves' most divisive victory," 21 Aug. 2019 Yet the fact that the common big-eared bat has devised a way around this problem suggests to Vanderelst that more surprises might lie ahead in the bat's technological battle for supremacy over its prey. — Michael Waters, Smithsonian, "Bats Use Leaves as Mirrors to Locate and Catch Their Prey," 1 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of eared

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

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eared

adjective
\ ˈi(ə)rd How to pronounce eared (audio) \

Medical Definition of eared

: having ears especially of a specified kind or number a big-eared man

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