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单词 lop-ear
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lop-earn.adj.

Brit. /ˈlɒpɪə/, U.S. /ˈlɑpˌɪ(ə)r/
Etymology: lop v.2
1. plural. Ears that droop or hang down.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > lop-ears
bangle ear1567
loll-ears1581
lop-ears1692
flop-ear1879
1692 London Gaz. No. 2805/4 A plain strong bay Gelding,..a Blase in his Face, Lop-ears.
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. vi. 141 The faithful Bran, whose lop-ears and heavy jaws, unique in that land of prick-ears and fox-noses, formed the absorbing subject of conversation.
2. A variety of rabbit with long drooping ears: see lop n.7 Also attributive.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > breed or variety of (miscellaneous) > lop-ear
lop1868
lop-ear1877
lop-rabbit1884
1877 C. Rayson Rabbits xiii. 67 The Lop-ear.
1884 R. O. Edwards Rabbits vii. 52 The Lop-ear has often been termed the Prince of all rabbits.
1901 ‘I. Maclaren’ Young Barbarians iv. 92 ‘Did ye say rabbits?’ ‘Lop-ears’, said Nestie... ‘Lop-ear rabbits, and he feeds them himself.’
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