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lop-eared

(lŏp′îrd′)
adj.
Having bent or drooping ears: a lop-eared hound.
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lop-eared

adj
(Zoology) (of animals) having ears that droop
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lop′-eared`



adj.
having ears that droop.
[1680–90]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.lop-eared - having bent or drooping ears; "a lop-eared hound"
eared - having ears (or appendages resembling ears) or having ears of a specified kind; often used in combination
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Translations

lop-eared

[ˈlɒpˌɪəd] ADJde orejas caídas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lop-eared

adjmit Hängeohren
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lop-eared

[ˈlɒpˌɪəd] adjdalle orecchie pendenti
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References in classic literature ?
What to you the friendship of Lop-Ear, the warm lure of the Swift One, the lust and the atavism of Red-Eye?
Not far from her they were taking the rug off the lop-eared Gladiator.
the lop-eared one, and the spotted doe that Tom spent all his money to buy?"