bat-eared
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of bat-eared
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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But Finger refined it; he created Batman’s iconic bat-eared cowl, his bat logo and scalloped cape.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2023
After selecting a pig, an owl and a South African bat-eared fox, he turned his attention to the clothes.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2015
And that shrouded bedroom with the bat-eared gargoyles whose eyes followed her round the room.
From Nature • Apr. 10, 2013
Dumpy, round-faced Little John, now 69, learned his soldiering in Germany; lean, bat-eared Alexander, 57, learned his at France's Ecole Superieure de Guerre.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the variety of animals I keep in cages in the garden I have four monkeys and a bat-eared fox that will escape on the slightest pretense from the boy who cleans out the cages.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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