单词 | lop-ear |
释义 | lop-earn.adj. 1. plural. Ears that droop or hang down. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1692 |
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