jug ears

noun

Ears whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.

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Meanings

nounjug ears pl (plural only)
  1. idiomaticpluralplural onlyEars whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.

    2007, "The Next Crusade", John Cassidy, The New Yorker, September 4 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/09/070409fa_fact_cassidy. Wolfowitz, who is sixty-three, has jug ears, hazel eyes, a furrowed brow, and thinning gray hair that he combs to the right. -

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 招风耳
  • 招风耳 (zhāofēng'ěr)markedly outward sticking ears
Dutch flaporen
  • flaporenmarkedly outward sticking ears
Finnish hörökorvat
  • hörökorvatmarkedly outward sticking ears
German Segelohren
  • Segelohrenmarkedly outward sticking ears
Portuguese orelhas de abano
  • orelhas de abanomarkedly outward sticking ears
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