lop ear
Drooping rabbit feature
A lop ear is an ear that droops or hangs down rather than standing erect.
The term appears most often in describing rabbit breeds—lop-eared rabbits have characteristically floppy ears that hang beside their faces: She adopted a lop ear from the shelter.
Dogs and other animals with pendant ears may also be called lop-eared.
- rabbitLong-eared lagomorph
- bunnyInformal term for rabbit
- bunny rabbitRedundant term for cottontail
- floppyLacking rigidity, bending easily
- droopingHanging or bending downward
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