What's a word that suggests having very long ears?
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I'm looking for an adjective that describes a living being as having very long ears (rabbit, donkey, etc.) preferably ending in "-uous".
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I'm looking for an adjective that describes a living being as having very long ears (rabbit, donkey, etc.) preferably ending in "-uous".
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edited Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
Marthaª
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asked Mar 31 '11 at 13:31
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"A mule is an animal with long floppy ears..."
– kiamlaluno
Mar 31 '11 at 20:24
3
Not very relevant, but in Japanese it's "fukumimi" (福耳), which translates literally to "lucky ears". Buddha is depicted as having long ears, so it's thought that people with long ears have good fortune. One of those words that you wouldn't think exists.
– Rei Miyasaka
Mar 31 '11 at 23:04
There's a difference between having long drooping ear lobes like the Buddha and having a lengthened helix. Surely there is a medical term for either.
– Mitch
Apr 12 '13 at 13:14
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I'm looking for an adjective that describes a living being as having very long ears (rabbit, donkey, etc.) preferably ending in "-uous".
single-word-requests
edited Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
Marthaª
27.2k1087144
asked Mar 31 '11 at 13:31
Eimantas
90241730
I'm looking for an adjective that describes a living being as having very long ears (rabbit, donkey, etc.) preferably ending in "-uous".
single-word-requests
single-word-requests
edited Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
Marthaª
27.2k1087144
asked Mar 31 '11 at 13:31
Eimantas
90241730
edited Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
Marthaª
27.2k1087144
asked Mar 31 '11 at 13:31
Eimantas
90241730
edited Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
Marthaª
27.2k1087144
edited Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
Marthaª
27.2k1087144
edited Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
Marthaª
27.2k1087144
27.2k1087144
asked Mar 31 '11 at 13:31
Eimantas
90241730
asked Mar 31 '11 at 13:31
Eimantas
90241730
asked Mar 31 '11 at 13:31
Eimantas
90241730
90241730
1
"A mule is an animal with long floppy ears..."
– kiamlaluno
Mar 31 '11 at 20:24
3
Not very relevant, but in Japanese it's "fukumimi" (福耳), which translates literally to "lucky ears". Buddha is depicted as having long ears, so it's thought that people with long ears have good fortune. One of those words that you wouldn't think exists.
– Rei Miyasaka
Mar 31 '11 at 23:04
There's a difference between having long drooping ear lobes like the Buddha and having a lengthened helix. Surely there is a medical term for either.
– Mitch
Apr 12 '13 at 13:14
add a comment |
1
"A mule is an animal with long floppy ears..."
– kiamlaluno
Mar 31 '11 at 20:24
3
Not very relevant, but in Japanese it's "fukumimi" (福耳), which translates literally to "lucky ears". Buddha is depicted as having long ears, so it's thought that people with long ears have good fortune. One of those words that you wouldn't think exists.
– Rei Miyasaka
Mar 31 '11 at 23:04
There's a difference between having long drooping ear lobes like the Buddha and having a lengthened helix. Surely there is a medical term for either.
– Mitch
Apr 12 '13 at 13:14
1
1
"A mule is an animal with long floppy ears..."
– kiamlaluno
Mar 31 '11 at 20:24
"A mule is an animal with long floppy ears..."
– kiamlaluno
Mar 31 '11 at 20:24
3
3
Not very relevant, but in Japanese it's "fukumimi" (福耳), which translates literally to "lucky ears". Buddha is depicted as having long ears, so it's thought that people with long ears have good fortune. One of those words that you wouldn't think exists.
– Rei Miyasaka
Mar 31 '11 at 23:04
Not very relevant, but in Japanese it's "fukumimi" (福耳), which translates literally to "lucky ears". Buddha is depicted as having long ears, so it's thought that people with long ears have good fortune. One of those words that you wouldn't think exists.
– Rei Miyasaka
Mar 31 '11 at 23:04
There's a difference between having long drooping ear lobes like the Buddha and having a lengthened helix. Surely there is a medical term for either.
– Mitch
Apr 12 '13 at 13:14
There's a difference between having long drooping ear lobes like the Buddha and having a lengthened helix. Surely there is a medical term for either.
– Mitch
Apr 12 '13 at 13:14
add a comment |
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I believe you're looking for macrotous.
answered Mar 31 '11 at 14:28
chaos
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Go ahead, see if you can work that into a conversation.
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:36
I've never come across macrotous before, and to be honest I'd be lucky to have understood it without a pretty good context. Macrotic would do it for me, since I'm good with otic for of the ear. But apparently macrosis applies to any swollen / enlarged tissue or body part, with no particular suggestion of that being the ears.
– FumbleFingers
Mar 31 '11 at 15:07
8
I love this site! :D
– Marthaª
Mar 31 '11 at 17:38
3
I don't agree with using words that no one but Merriam-Webster will understand; especially when there are perfectly good alternatives. Perhaps it's just the programmer in me, but this seems like the opposite of user-friendly (or should I say, discommodious?)
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
Mar 31 '11 at 18:16
6
@BlueRaja: I still remember Thomas Pynchon using musaceous (banana-like) at the beginning of Gravity's Rainbow, and then, after I waited for years to use it, someone finally asked me: "How's that banana?"
– Neil G
Mar 31 '11 at 18:22
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14
You should probably just go with "long-eared" — I don't think there are any specific terms meaning that, except possibly scientific ones with Latin roots.
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
Robusto
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Long-eared is attested in my dictionary for at least one animal species, the “long-eared bat”
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
"-uous" suffix?
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
@Billare: "preferably ending in ..."
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:14
5
@Billare: you can always go with long-earuous, or earuous for short.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
1
Auritus -a -um: with ears, long-eared, having long ears
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:43
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9
Huh, you might say the animals have pendulous ears. That emphasizes the weight of the ears, as well as suggesting they hang in a droopy fashion.
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Glorfindel
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Uticensis
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rabbit and donkeys ears are not pendulous, they rise up from their base!
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
@F'x I have seen floppy rabbit ears before, but yeah, I was worried about that one. But donkeys? Really? Time to Google...
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
5
I believe there is a type of rabbit called "Lop-eared" or "a lop", which does in fact have pendulous ears. I recall a young kids book about one. "Leo the Lop".
– mickeyf
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
@mickeyf: Good call on lop-eared: "(of an animal) having ears that droop down by the sides of the head: a lop-eared mule." Answer-worthy.
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
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Hyperotic could be construed to mean "over-eared" (otic), though the folks at Urban Dictionary have other ideas about the definition.
answered Mar 31 '11 at 17:35
Wayfaring Stranger
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0
There's always "asinine". Although that does imply dim-witted, as well as visually reminiscent of a donkey, which is maybe more of an implication than you wanted!
answered Mar 31 '11 at 18:22
thesunneversets
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0
How about Vulpine - of or relating to a fox. "He had vulpine ears"
answered Mar 31 '11 at 23:32
WOPR
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...or vulcan ;-)
– Zippy
Apr 3 '11 at 16:02
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I believe you're looking for macrotous.
answered Mar 31 '11 at 14:28
chaos
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Go ahead, see if you can work that into a conversation.
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:36
I've never come across macrotous before, and to be honest I'd be lucky to have understood it without a pretty good context. Macrotic would do it for me, since I'm good with otic for of the ear. But apparently macrosis applies to any swollen / enlarged tissue or body part, with no particular suggestion of that being the ears.
– FumbleFingers
Mar 31 '11 at 15:07
8
I love this site! :D
– Marthaª
Mar 31 '11 at 17:38
3
I don't agree with using words that no one but Merriam-Webster will understand; especially when there are perfectly good alternatives. Perhaps it's just the programmer in me, but this seems like the opposite of user-friendly (or should I say, discommodious?)
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
Mar 31 '11 at 18:16
6
@BlueRaja: I still remember Thomas Pynchon using musaceous (banana-like) at the beginning of Gravity's Rainbow, and then, after I waited for years to use it, someone finally asked me: "How's that banana?"
– Neil G
Mar 31 '11 at 18:22
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I believe you're looking for macrotous.
answered Mar 31 '11 at 14:28
chaos
17.9k45584
25
Go ahead, see if you can work that into a conversation.
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:36
I've never come across macrotous before, and to be honest I'd be lucky to have understood it without a pretty good context. Macrotic would do it for me, since I'm good with otic for of the ear. But apparently macrosis applies to any swollen / enlarged tissue or body part, with no particular suggestion of that being the ears.
– FumbleFingers
Mar 31 '11 at 15:07
8
I love this site! :D
– Marthaª
Mar 31 '11 at 17:38
3
I don't agree with using words that no one but Merriam-Webster will understand; especially when there are perfectly good alternatives. Perhaps it's just the programmer in me, but this seems like the opposite of user-friendly (or should I say, discommodious?)
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
Mar 31 '11 at 18:16
6
@BlueRaja: I still remember Thomas Pynchon using musaceous (banana-like) at the beginning of Gravity's Rainbow, and then, after I waited for years to use it, someone finally asked me: "How's that banana?"
– Neil G
Mar 31 '11 at 18:22
add a comment |
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I believe you're looking for macrotous.
answered Mar 31 '11 at 14:28
chaos
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I believe you're looking for macrotous.
answered Mar 31 '11 at 14:28
chaos
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answered Mar 31 '11 at 14:28
chaos
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answered Mar 31 '11 at 14:28
chaos
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answered Mar 31 '11 at 14:28
chaos
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25
Go ahead, see if you can work that into a conversation.
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:36
I've never come across macrotous before, and to be honest I'd be lucky to have understood it without a pretty good context. Macrotic would do it for me, since I'm good with otic for of the ear. But apparently macrosis applies to any swollen / enlarged tissue or body part, with no particular suggestion of that being the ears.
– FumbleFingers
Mar 31 '11 at 15:07
8
I love this site! :D
– Marthaª
Mar 31 '11 at 17:38
3
I don't agree with using words that no one but Merriam-Webster will understand; especially when there are perfectly good alternatives. Perhaps it's just the programmer in me, but this seems like the opposite of user-friendly (or should I say, discommodious?)
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
Mar 31 '11 at 18:16
6
@BlueRaja: I still remember Thomas Pynchon using musaceous (banana-like) at the beginning of Gravity's Rainbow, and then, after I waited for years to use it, someone finally asked me: "How's that banana?"
– Neil G
Mar 31 '11 at 18:22
add a comment |
25
Go ahead, see if you can work that into a conversation.
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:36
I've never come across macrotous before, and to be honest I'd be lucky to have understood it without a pretty good context. Macrotic would do it for me, since I'm good with otic for of the ear. But apparently macrosis applies to any swollen / enlarged tissue or body part, with no particular suggestion of that being the ears.
– FumbleFingers
Mar 31 '11 at 15:07
8
I love this site! :D
– Marthaª
Mar 31 '11 at 17:38
3
I don't agree with using words that no one but Merriam-Webster will understand; especially when there are perfectly good alternatives. Perhaps it's just the programmer in me, but this seems like the opposite of user-friendly (or should I say, discommodious?)
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
Mar 31 '11 at 18:16
6
@BlueRaja: I still remember Thomas Pynchon using musaceous (banana-like) at the beginning of Gravity's Rainbow, and then, after I waited for years to use it, someone finally asked me: "How's that banana?"
– Neil G
Mar 31 '11 at 18:22
25
25
Go ahead, see if you can work that into a conversation.
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:36
Go ahead, see if you can work that into a conversation.
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:36
I've never come across macrotous before, and to be honest I'd be lucky to have understood it without a pretty good context. Macrotic would do it for me, since I'm good with otic for of the ear. But apparently macrosis applies to any swollen / enlarged tissue or body part, with no particular suggestion of that being the ears.
– FumbleFingers
Mar 31 '11 at 15:07
I've never come across macrotous before, and to be honest I'd be lucky to have understood it without a pretty good context. Macrotic would do it for me, since I'm good with otic for of the ear. But apparently macrosis applies to any swollen / enlarged tissue or body part, with no particular suggestion of that being the ears.
– FumbleFingers
Mar 31 '11 at 15:07
8
8
I love this site! :D
– Marthaª
Mar 31 '11 at 17:38
I love this site! :D
– Marthaª
Mar 31 '11 at 17:38
3
3
I don't agree with using words that no one but Merriam-Webster will understand; especially when there are perfectly good alternatives. Perhaps it's just the programmer in me, but this seems like the opposite of user-friendly (or should I say, discommodious?)
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
Mar 31 '11 at 18:16
I don't agree with using words that no one but Merriam-Webster will understand; especially when there are perfectly good alternatives. Perhaps it's just the programmer in me, but this seems like the opposite of user-friendly (or should I say, discommodious?)
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
Mar 31 '11 at 18:16
6
6
@BlueRaja: I still remember Thomas Pynchon using musaceous (banana-like) at the beginning of Gravity's Rainbow, and then, after I waited for years to use it, someone finally asked me: "How's that banana?"
– Neil G
Mar 31 '11 at 18:22
@BlueRaja: I still remember Thomas Pynchon using musaceous (banana-like) at the beginning of Gravity's Rainbow, and then, after I waited for years to use it, someone finally asked me: "How's that banana?"
– Neil G
Mar 31 '11 at 18:22
add a comment |
14
You should probably just go with "long-eared" — I don't think there are any specific terms meaning that, except possibly scientific ones with Latin roots.
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
Robusto
127k28303514
Long-eared is attested in my dictionary for at least one animal species, the “long-eared bat”
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
"-uous" suffix?
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
@Billare: "preferably ending in ..."
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:14
5
@Billare: you can always go with long-earuous, or earuous for short.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
1
Auritus -a -um: with ears, long-eared, having long ears
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:43
add a comment |
14
You should probably just go with "long-eared" — I don't think there are any specific terms meaning that, except possibly scientific ones with Latin roots.
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
Robusto
127k28303514
Long-eared is attested in my dictionary for at least one animal species, the “long-eared bat”
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
"-uous" suffix?
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
@Billare: "preferably ending in ..."
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:14
5
@Billare: you can always go with long-earuous, or earuous for short.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
1
Auritus -a -um: with ears, long-eared, having long ears
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:43
add a comment |
14
14
14
You should probably just go with "long-eared" — I don't think there are any specific terms meaning that, except possibly scientific ones with Latin roots.
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
Robusto
127k28303514
You should probably just go with "long-eared" — I don't think there are any specific terms meaning that, except possibly scientific ones with Latin roots.
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
Robusto
127k28303514
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
Robusto
127k28303514
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
Robusto
127k28303514
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
Robusto
127k28303514
127k28303514
Long-eared is attested in my dictionary for at least one animal species, the “long-eared bat”
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
"-uous" suffix?
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
@Billare: "preferably ending in ..."
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:14
5
@Billare: you can always go with long-earuous, or earuous for short.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
1
Auritus -a -um: with ears, long-eared, having long ears
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:43
add a comment |
Long-eared is attested in my dictionary for at least one animal species, the “long-eared bat”
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
"-uous" suffix?
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
@Billare: "preferably ending in ..."
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:14
5
@Billare: you can always go with long-earuous, or earuous for short.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
1
Auritus -a -um: with ears, long-eared, having long ears
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:43
Long-eared is attested in my dictionary for at least one animal species, the “long-eared bat”
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
Long-eared is attested in my dictionary for at least one animal species, the “long-eared bat”
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
"-uous" suffix?
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
"-uous" suffix?
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
@Billare: "preferably ending in ..."
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:14
@Billare: "preferably ending in ..."
– Robusto
Mar 31 '11 at 14:14
5
5
@Billare: you can always go with long-earuous, or earuous for short.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
@Billare: you can always go with long-earuous, or earuous for short.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
1
1
Auritus -a -um: with ears, long-eared, having long ears
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:43
Auritus -a -um: with ears, long-eared, having long ears
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:43
add a comment |
9
Huh, you might say the animals have pendulous ears. That emphasizes the weight of the ears, as well as suggesting they hang in a droopy fashion.
edited 2 days ago
Glorfindel
5,99383338
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:34
Uticensis
13.2k59129229
1
rabbit and donkeys ears are not pendulous, they rise up from their base!
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
@F'x I have seen floppy rabbit ears before, but yeah, I was worried about that one. But donkeys? Really? Time to Google...
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
5
I believe there is a type of rabbit called "Lop-eared" or "a lop", which does in fact have pendulous ears. I recall a young kids book about one. "Leo the Lop".
– mickeyf
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
@mickeyf: Good call on lop-eared: "(of an animal) having ears that droop down by the sides of the head: a lop-eared mule." Answer-worthy.
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
add a comment |
9
Huh, you might say the animals have pendulous ears. That emphasizes the weight of the ears, as well as suggesting they hang in a droopy fashion.
edited 2 days ago
Glorfindel
5,99383338
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:34
Uticensis
13.2k59129229
1
rabbit and donkeys ears are not pendulous, they rise up from their base!
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
@F'x I have seen floppy rabbit ears before, but yeah, I was worried about that one. But donkeys? Really? Time to Google...
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
5
I believe there is a type of rabbit called "Lop-eared" or "a lop", which does in fact have pendulous ears. I recall a young kids book about one. "Leo the Lop".
– mickeyf
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
@mickeyf: Good call on lop-eared: "(of an animal) having ears that droop down by the sides of the head: a lop-eared mule." Answer-worthy.
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
add a comment |
9
9
9
Huh, you might say the animals have pendulous ears. That emphasizes the weight of the ears, as well as suggesting they hang in a droopy fashion.
edited 2 days ago
Glorfindel
5,99383338
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:34
Uticensis
13.2k59129229
Huh, you might say the animals have pendulous ears. That emphasizes the weight of the ears, as well as suggesting they hang in a droopy fashion.
edited 2 days ago
Glorfindel
5,99383338
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:34
Uticensis
13.2k59129229
edited 2 days ago
Glorfindel
5,99383338
edited 2 days ago
Glorfindel
5,99383338
edited 2 days ago
Glorfindel
5,99383338
5,99383338
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:34
Uticensis
13.2k59129229
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:34
Uticensis
13.2k59129229
answered Mar 31 '11 at 13:34
Uticensis
13.2k59129229
13.2k59129229
1
rabbit and donkeys ears are not pendulous, they rise up from their base!
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
@F'x I have seen floppy rabbit ears before, but yeah, I was worried about that one. But donkeys? Really? Time to Google...
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
5
I believe there is a type of rabbit called "Lop-eared" or "a lop", which does in fact have pendulous ears. I recall a young kids book about one. "Leo the Lop".
– mickeyf
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
@mickeyf: Good call on lop-eared: "(of an animal) having ears that droop down by the sides of the head: a lop-eared mule." Answer-worthy.
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
add a comment |
1
rabbit and donkeys ears are not pendulous, they rise up from their base!
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
@F'x I have seen floppy rabbit ears before, but yeah, I was worried about that one. But donkeys? Really? Time to Google...
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
5
I believe there is a type of rabbit called "Lop-eared" or "a lop", which does in fact have pendulous ears. I recall a young kids book about one. "Leo the Lop".
– mickeyf
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
@mickeyf: Good call on lop-eared: "(of an animal) having ears that droop down by the sides of the head: a lop-eared mule." Answer-worthy.
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
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rabbit and donkeys ears are not pendulous, they rise up from their base!
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
rabbit and donkeys ears are not pendulous, they rise up from their base!
– F'x
Mar 31 '11 at 13:35
@F'x I have seen floppy rabbit ears before, but yeah, I was worried about that one. But donkeys? Really? Time to Google...
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
@F'x I have seen floppy rabbit ears before, but yeah, I was worried about that one. But donkeys? Really? Time to Google...
– Uticensis
Mar 31 '11 at 13:36
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I believe there is a type of rabbit called "Lop-eared" or "a lop", which does in fact have pendulous ears. I recall a young kids book about one. "Leo the Lop".
– mickeyf
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
I believe there is a type of rabbit called "Lop-eared" or "a lop", which does in fact have pendulous ears. I recall a young kids book about one. "Leo the Lop".
– mickeyf
Mar 31 '11 at 13:41
@mickeyf: Good call on lop-eared: "(of an animal) having ears that droop down by the sides of the head: a lop-eared mule." Answer-worthy.
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
@mickeyf: Good call on lop-eared: "(of an animal) having ears that droop down by the sides of the head: a lop-eared mule." Answer-worthy.
– Callithumpian
Mar 31 '11 at 14:23
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Hyperotic could be construed to mean "over-eared" (otic), though the folks at Urban Dictionary have other ideas about the definition.
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Hyperotic could be construed to mean "over-eared" (otic), though the folks at Urban Dictionary have other ideas about the definition.
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Hyperotic could be construed to mean "over-eared" (otic), though the folks at Urban Dictionary have other ideas about the definition.
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Hyperotic could be construed to mean "over-eared" (otic), though the folks at Urban Dictionary have other ideas about the definition.
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There's always "asinine". Although that does imply dim-witted, as well as visually reminiscent of a donkey, which is maybe more of an implication than you wanted!
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There's always "asinine". Although that does imply dim-witted, as well as visually reminiscent of a donkey, which is maybe more of an implication than you wanted!
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There's always "asinine". Although that does imply dim-witted, as well as visually reminiscent of a donkey, which is maybe more of an implication than you wanted!
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There's always "asinine". Although that does imply dim-witted, as well as visually reminiscent of a donkey, which is maybe more of an implication than you wanted!
answered Mar 31 '11 at 18:22
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How about Vulpine - of or relating to a fox. "He had vulpine ears"
answered Mar 31 '11 at 23:32
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...or vulcan ;-)
– Zippy
Apr 3 '11 at 16:02
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How about Vulpine - of or relating to a fox. "He had vulpine ears"
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...or vulcan ;-)
– Zippy
Apr 3 '11 at 16:02
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How about Vulpine - of or relating to a fox. "He had vulpine ears"
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How about Vulpine - of or relating to a fox. "He had vulpine ears"
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...or vulcan ;-)
– Zippy
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...or vulcan ;-)
– Zippy
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...or vulcan ;-)
– Zippy
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...or vulcan ;-)
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"A mule is an animal with long floppy ears..."
– kiamlaluno
Mar 31 '11 at 20:24
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Not very relevant, but in Japanese it's "fukumimi" (福耳), which translates literally to "lucky ears". Buddha is depicted as having long ears, so it's thought that people with long ears have good fortune. One of those words that you wouldn't think exists.
– Rei Miyasaka
Mar 31 '11 at 23:04
There's a difference between having long drooping ear lobes like the Buddha and having a lengthened helix. Surely there is a medical term for either.
– Mitch
Apr 12 '13 at 13:14