lop ear

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outstanding ear

excessive protrusion of the auricle from the head, usually due to failure of the antihelical fold to develop.

Synonym(s): lop ear, protruding ear

lop-ear

(lop'ēr),

Congenital abnormality of the external ear, with poor development of helix and anthelix.

Synonym(s): bat ear

lop ear

A cosmetic deformity of the earlobe in which the upper portion of the earlobe bows out laterally from the head.

See also: ear

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The live rabbit is a fairly large tan and black male, also with lop ears.

'Neglected' rabbits found dumped in alleyway

She produced her Brangus heifer calf on June 23 ( yet to be named ( with its characteristic lop ears and pronounced hump on its back.

Brangus calf makes debut in North-East

Romberg's disease), excessive facial height, lop ears, cleft lip/palate, buck tooth deformity, anopthalmos and micropthalmos, anencephaly, "frog face" (Crouzon's disease), mocrotia, and colombomata of the lower eyelids.