elephant ear

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English

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Etymology

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From general resemblance in form.

Noun

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elephant ear (plural elephant ears)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant,‎ ear.
  2. A funnel cake.
  3. A flat, crisp, sugared pastry made of fried dough.
    Coordinate term: beavertail
  4. A palmier.
  5. Any of several plants in tribe Colocasieae or Caladieae.
    1. A taro plant, of genera Alocasia, Colocasia, or Xanthosoma.
    2. Caladium.
  6. Burdock (Arctium spp.).
  7. Any bergenia, esp. of species Bergenia crassifolia,
  8. Gynandrocarpa placenta
  9. (aviation, slang) A section of aileron that protrudes beyond the wing.
    • 1990, Alaskan Aviation History: 1929-1930, page 714:
      It did not have the “elephant ears” on the ailerons like the earlier Waco Model 9.
  10. (aerospace, slang) A reinforcing disk on a missile.

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