Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having bent or drooping ears.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having ears which lop or hang downward; having pendulous ears. Also
lap-eared .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having ears that sag or bend.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having bent or drooping ears
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Examples
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The folded pieces of her heart came tumbling down the sloping back of a lop-eared rabbit by the name of Harold, who by chance was a follower of the lord.
The Tried and True Meaning of Transcendence, is that the Present is Possibly Transcendent in and of Itself Amy Geeleher Burt 2011
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Bethany Clarke/Getty Images Shown, a judge looked at an English lop-eared rabbit.
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I'd been told by the feed store owner who sold us the lop-eared that two males would not get along.
Puff Sandra Knauf 2011
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Unlike the large, lop-eared variety, Puff was manageable; his scratches didn't leavebloody gouges, and he seemed to genuinely like us.
Puff Sandra Knauf 2011
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The lop-eared speed demon, who also won the competition last year, elicited gasps from the audience as she jumped hurdles close to 28 inches high.
Rabbit, Run Is an Exhortation Oft Heard in England Now Javier Espinoza 2012
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Oscar was a lop-eared rabbit from the feed store, last year's Easter present for the girls, especially Lily, who'd became smitten with rabbits in kindergarten.
Puff Sandra Knauf 2011
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Bethany Clarke/Getty Images English lop-eared rabbits lay on the judging table.
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The house is crawling with animals, too: one Golden Retriever, one cat, two hamsters and a lop-eared rabbit who is litter trained and chases both the dog and the cat.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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The house is crawling with animals, too: one Golden Retriever, one cat, two hamsters and a lop-eared rabbit who is litter trained and chases both the dog and the cat.
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Araya Lawrence lost her cherished lop-eared rabbit, Scamper, to a predator in her yard and missed him very much.
When Animals Speak Penelope Smith 2009
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