a. Also 7 lap-. [f. LOP v.2 + -ED2.]

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  1.  Of an animal: Having ears that lop or hang loosely downwards.

2

1687.  Miége, Gt. Fr. Dict., II. s.v. Lap, Lap-eared, qui a les Oreilles pendantes.

3

1692.  Lond. Gaz., No. 2801/4. An Iron grey Horse, lop Ear’d. Ibid. (1724), No. 6294/3. Stolen,… a … Gelding,… a little Lop-Ear’d.

4

1859.  Jephson, Brittany, v. 55. They [pigs] are long-legged, hump-backed,… lop-eared.

5

1868.  Darwin, Anim. & Pl., I. iv. 106. English lop-eared rabbits.

6

1871.  L. Stephen, Playgr. Europe, x. 250. The queer lop-eared sheep.

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  † ¶ 2.  [Confused with LOP v.1] = CROP-EARED 2.

8

1798.  Charlotte Smith, Yng. Philos., III. 26. The strait-laced lop-eared puritans of the United States.

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