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prick-eared

prick-eared adjective: having pointed ears.

Adjective

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

  1. Having pointed ears.
    Synonyms:
    tulip-eared

prick-eared meaning in Tamil

prick-eared in Tamil

முனைத்த செவிகளையுடைய

Synonyms of prick-eared

Forms of prick-eared

comparativemore prick-eared
superlativemost prick-eared

Origin of prick-eared

From Middle English prik-eryd.

Questions about prick-eared

What does prick-eared mean?
Prick-eared means having pointed ears.
What is prick-eared in Tamil?
Prick-eared in Tamil is முனைத்த செவிகளையுடைய. See Prick-eared meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prick-eared?
Prick-eared is an adjective.

Words near prick-eared in the dictionary

  1. prick test
  2. prick tests
  3. prick the garter
  4. prick up
  5. prick up one's ears
  6. prick-eared
  7. prick-me-dainties
  8. prick-me-dainty
  9. prick-tease
  10. prick-teaser
  11. prick-teases

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prick-eared (page history and authors); prick-eared (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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