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bat-eared

[bat-eerd]

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adjective

(of a dog or other canid) having large, erect ears rounded at the top, resembling those of a bat.

Origin of bat-eared

First recorded in 1900–05

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for bat-eared

Historical Examples of bat-eared

"Turn him into those pigpens at the rear," advised the bat-eared clerk.
Where the Pavement Ends
John Russell
With trunks eagerly outstretched as if seeking to grip something, the huge, bat-eared heads heaved themselves up.
In the Morning of Time
Charles G. D. Roberts
I got four pigeon-toed, bow-legged, bat-eared Moonstoners down in that meadow, just itchin' mad to cut loose.
Overland Red
Henry Herbert Knibbs