earless

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Earless calves that spend their days in the moss fields, staring at the blinding double suns.

From Nature • Jun. 4, 2019

Swift referred to him as "an illiterate fellow whose name I forget," and Pope actually inserted his name in the 'Dunciad':— "Earless on high stood unabashed De Foe."

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

"Well, you might just as well understand on this 18th day of July, 18—, as any other time, that my daughter Ariadne never becomes the Earless of Mugley," said Terwilliger, in a tone of exasperation.

From The Water Ghost and Others by Bangs, John Kendrick

Alpine hare 97 *Earless marmot 113 Mus citellus.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

The Dunciad could be more confidently consulted about contemporary literary history, if Pope had avoided such unnecessary misstatements as:— "Earless on high, stood unabash'd De Foe."

From Halleck's New English Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post