elephant ear
A funnel cakeA funnel cake.
» African elephants have larger ears than Asian elephants.
Afrikanische Elefanten haben größere Ohren als asiatische.
У африканских слонов уши больше, чем у азиатских.
Meaning
11 sensesA funnel cake.
A flat, crisp, sugared pastry made of fried dough.
A palmier.
Any of several plants in tribe Colocasieae or Caladieae.
A taro plant, of genera Alocasia, Colocasia, or Xanthosoma.
Caladium.
Burdock (Arctium spp.).
Any bergenia, esp. of species Bergenia crassifolia,
Gynandrocarpa placenta
(slang)A section of aileron that protrudes beyond the wing.
(slang)A reinforcing disk on a missile.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, ear.
- any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries
Examples
10 sentencesAfrican elephants have larger ears than Asian elephants.
ruУ африканских слонов уши больше, чем у азиатских. — marafon
deAfrikanische Elefanten haben größere Ohren als asiatische. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Elephants have big ears.
У слонів великі вуха. — deniko
An elephant's ears are really big.
Elephants have large ears and long nose.
A blue elephant's ears are as big as the ones of a pink elephant.
Origin
From its general resemblance in form.From its general resemblance in form.
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Forms
plural: elephant earsSynonyms
2 synonyms- any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries:alocasiaelephant's ear