eardrop tree (erdroptre)

A lofty leguminous tree of Jamaica, Enterolobium cyclo car pum, the pod of which is curved so as to form a complete circle. Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 142. ear-drum (ēr'drum), n. 1. The middle ear; IMG:content-0147.png:[blocks in formation] ear4 (ar), adv. [Sc., He the steward] is further to see what demeanes of his lordes is most meete to be taken into his handes, so well for meddowe, pasture, as earable , . Order of a Nobleman's House , Archæol., XIII. 315. the tympanum. See tympanum, and first cut under ear.-2. More especially, the tympanic membrane: as, to burst or puncture the eardrum. See cuts under ear and tympanic. ear-dust (er'dust), n. The small gritty particles found in the cavity of the inner ear of many animals; minute concretions in the labyrinth, distinguished from otoliths or otostea by their finene ; otoconia. See otoconium. eared1 (ērd), a. [ 2. In ornith., having conspicuous auricular feathers, as the eared grebe, or having plum i corns, as various species of eared owls.-3. In Mammal i a, auriculate; having large or pe The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary eared culiar outer ears, as certain bats; having outer ears in a group of animals others of which have them not: as, the eared seals.-4. In bot., same as auriculate, 2.- Eared eggs, of insects, those eggs which have, just before the apex, two short oblique appendages serving to prevent them from sinking in the semi-liquid substances on which they are deposited.