: having ears especially of a specified kind or number
a big-eared man
golden-eared corn
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Law enforcement and fair officials were aware that Cedar was at the center of a property dispute between Long and fair officials while the goat was still alive, yet someone decided to kill the goat despite multiple notices that a lawsuit was coming to determine who owned the floppy eared creature.
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Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Back at the harbor, another small waterbird — an eared grebe — was released alongside the ruddy duck Wednesday.
—Robin Estrin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
The natural gas pipeline's construction is still subject to ongoing reviews of risks to endangered species, like the northern long-eared bat, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2023
Two sandhill cranes at the Dexter Drumlin in Lancaster, two redheads and a canvasback in the South Bay of the Wachusett Reservoir, an eared grebe at gate 40 at the Wachusett Reservoir in Clinton, and 23 evening grosbeaks in Royalston.
—BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
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Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Back at the harbor, another small waterbird — an eared grebe — was released alongside the ruddy duck Wednesday.
—Robin Estrin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
The natural gas pipeline's construction is still subject to ongoing reviews of risks to endangered species, like the northern long-eared bat, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2023
Two sandhill cranes at the Dexter Drumlin in Lancaster, two redheads and a canvasback in the South Bay of the Wachusett Reservoir, an eared grebe at gate 40 at the Wachusett Reservoir in Clinton, and 23 evening grosbeaks in Royalston.
—BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
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eared
adjective
: having ears especially of a specified kind or number
a big-eared man
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