white-ear, n. and a.
[ear n.1]
a. n. A gastropod resembling, or having some part resembling, a white ear; e.g. one of the family Vanicoridæ, having a white-ribbed shell with a wide opening. b. adj. White-eared.
| 1815 Burrow Elem. Conchol. 204 Helix Halitoidea, White-ear Snail; Venus's Ear. 1826 Stephens in Shaw Gen. Zool. XIII. ii. 57 White-Ear Owl. 1854 A. Adams etc. Man. Nat. Hist. 133 White-Ears (Vanicoridæ). |
So ˈwhite-eared (-ɪəd) a., having white ears; (of a bird) having white feathers around the ears; white-eared flycatcher, a monarch flycatcher, Monarcha leucotis, found in Australia; white-eared pheasant, an eared pheasant, Crossoptilon crossoptilon, found in forest regions of eastern Tibet and neighbouring China.
| 1783 Latham Gen. Syn. Birds II. i. 84 White-Eared Thr[ush]. 1869 J. Gould Birds Austral. Suppl. 12 (heading) White-eared Flycatcher. [1918 W. Beebe Monogr. Pheasants I. 187 Once only was a glimpse permitted to us of the wonderful White Eared-pheasants.] 1976 G. Durrell Stationary Ark iv. 78 Our chances of establishing the White-eared pheasant in captivity seemed..slim. 1980 G. Pizzey Field Guide Birds Austral. 258 White-eared Monarch Flycatcher..has been likened to a miniature Magpie Lark. |