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flap-eared

flap-eared adjective: having large ears clearly distinct from the head.

flap-eared: having large ears clearly distinct from the head
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Adjective

flap-eared (comparative more flap-eared, superlative most flap-eared)

  1. Having large ears clearly distinct from the head.
  2. Synonym of flop-eared, having large pendant ears.
    • “Thou flap-eared rabbit! I will not fail thee.”1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 164
    Synonyms:
    flop-eared, having large pendant ears

Synonyms of flap-eared

Forms of flap-eared

comparativemore flap-eared
superlativemost flap-eared

Origin of flap-eared

From flap + eared.

Questions about flap-eared

What does flap-eared mean?
Flap-eared means having large ears clearly distinct from the head.
What part of speech is flap-eared?
Flap-eared is an adjective.

Words near flap-eared in the dictionary

  1. flap steaks
  2. flap-doodle
  3. flap-doodled
  4. flap-doodles
  5. flap-doodling
  6. flap-eared
  7. flap-jacky
  8. flap-jawed
  9. flapcake
  10. flapcakes
  11. flapdock

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