eared
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of eared
1350–1400; Middle English ered, Old English ēarede. See ear 1, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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These flies and brine shrimp are essential food for migratory birds including eared grebes, Wilson’s phalaropes and California gulls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
Though Dorset’s little brown bats are holding on, other once common species found with them, like northern long eared or tricolor bats, are almost impossible to detect there now, Bennett said.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2023
Droopy eared, long-faced Basset hounds may seem to have little in common with fluffy, wolf-like Alaskan malamutes, but both breeds share at least one notable trait: They love to howl.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2023
A diving waterbird called the eared grebe, for example, needs 28,000 adult brine shrimp each day to survive.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 9, 2022
Reader, you may ask this question; in fact, you must ask this question: Is it ridiculous for a very small, sickly, big- eared mouse to fall in love with a beautiful human princess named Pea?
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
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