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单词 rabbit-eared
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rabbit-earedadj.

Brit. /ˈrabɪtˌɪəd/, U.S. /ˈræbətˌɪ(ə)rd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rabbit n.1, eared adj.1
Etymology: < rabbit n.1 + eared adj.1
Having ears resembling those of a rabbit.
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1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. 49 That little..rabbit-eared, runt of a pig.
1864 Proc. Zool. Soc. App. 717 1 Rabbit-eared Perameles. Parameles lagotis, Reid.
1886 P. Robinson Valley Teetotum Trees 98 Here, too, is that other eccentricity, the ‘rabbit-eared Perameles’.
1999 M. Syal Life isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee i. 14 ‘Come here, Nikki,’ Sunita whispered,..moving her sleeping son to the other arm, plumply snoozing in his rabbit-eared Baby-Gro.
2001 D. Macdonald New Encycl. Mammals 637/2 Ears can range from the large, mobile, and prominent (as in the Rabbit-eared tree-rat) to the small and inconspicuous.

Compounds

rabbit-eared bandicoot n. either of two small, burrowing Australian marsupials constituting the genus Macrotis (family Peramelidae or Thylacomyidae), having long naked ears, long hind limbs, and a long crested tail; esp. M. lagotis, which has mostly blue-grey fur and a black and white tail; also called bilby.The smaller M. leucura is now believed to be extinct.
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1865 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands 307 The second Building Mammal on our list is..the..Rabbit-eared Bandicoot.
1939 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Dec. 756/1 Once there was a hasty glimpse of the rabbit-eared bandicoot.
1994 Independent on Sunday 27 Mar. 18/8 The bilby is an endangered marsupial also known as the rabbit-eared bandicoot, and can be found..in arid central Australia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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