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LOP-EARED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lop-eared mean?
• LOP-EARED (adjective)
The adjective LOP-EARED has 1 sense:
1. having bent or drooping ears
Familiarity information: LOP-EARED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having bent or drooping ears
Context example:
a lop-eared hound
Similar:
eared (having ears (or appendages resembling ears) or having ears of a specified kind; often used in combination)
Context examples
When we descended I followed Holmes into the stable yard, where he opened the door of a loose-box and led out a squat, lop-eared, white-and-tan dog, something between a beagle and a foxhound.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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