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earage

earage noun: the size of an animal's ears.

Noun

earage (uncountable)

  1. The size of an animal's ears.
    • Some specimens have been produced with an earage of 27 inches by 7 inches; total weight of specimen about twelve pounds.1924, South African Poultry Magazine and Small-holder, page 491
    • It is easy to pick out the breeders of the different types, one illustrates hounds with ears that are not only long but broad and heavy and refers continually to hounds with twenty-six to thirty inch earage, […]1928, Hunter-trader-trapper, volumes 56-57, page 74

Origin of earage

From ear + -age.

Questions about earage

What does earage mean?
Earage means the size of an animal's ears.
What part of speech is earage?
Earage is a noun.

Words near earage in the dictionary

  1. Earabino
  2. Earabinos
  3. earable
  4. earache
  5. earaches
  6. earage
  7. earal
  8. earasaid
  9. earball
  10. earballed
  11. earballing

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