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longear

longear noun: lepomis megalotis, a colourful freshwater sunfish with an elongated opercular flap.

Noun

longear (plural longears)

  1. Lepomis megalotis, a colourful freshwater sunfish with an elongated opercular flap.
    • We went fishing for longears last summer.

Forms of longear

plurallongears

Origin of longear

From long + ear.

Words formed from longear

Questions about longear

What does longear mean?
Longear means lepomis megalotis, a colourful freshwater sunfish with an elongated opercular flap.
What part of speech is longear?
Longear is a noun.
What is the plural of longear?
The plural of longear is longears.

Words near longear in the dictionary

  1. Longdons
  2. Longdown
  3. longe
  4. longe line
  5. longe lines
  6. longear
  7. longear sunfish
  8. longears
  9. longed
  10. longed for
  11. longed off

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