Bat-eared
(of a dog or other canid) having large, erect ears rounded at the top, resembling those of a bat.
historical examples
with trunks eagerly outstretched as if seeking to grip something, the huge, bat-eared heads heaved themselves up.
in the morning of time charles g. d. roberts
“turn him into those pigpens at the rear,” advised the bat-eared clerk.
where the pavement ends john russell
i got four pigeon-toed, bow-legged, bat-eared moonstoners down in that meadow, just itchin’ mad to cut loose.
overland red henry herbert knibbs
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