"earprint" meaning in English

See earprint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: earprints [plural]
Etymology: From ear + print. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ear|print}} ear + print Head templates: {{en-noun}} earprint (plural earprints)
  1. The mark or impression left by an ear pressed against a surface.
    Sense id: en-earprint-en-noun-nDBuO~O4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ear",
        "3": "print"
      },
      "expansion": "ear + print",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ear + print.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "earprints",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "earprint (plural earprints)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Terrence F. Kiely, Forensic Evidence: Science and the Criminal Law, Second Edition, page 369:",
          "text": "Understand that European forensic specialists have not rejected earprint expertise, but on the contrary, continue to write about it and include its discussion in international forensic conferences.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The mark or impression left by an ear pressed against a surface."
      ],
      "id": "en-earprint-en-noun-nDBuO~O4",
      "links": [
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
        [
          "impression",
          "impression"
        ],
        [
          "ear",
          "ear"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "earprint"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ear",
        "3": "print"
      },
      "expansion": "ear + print",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ear + print.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "earprints",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "earprint (plural earprints)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Terrence F. Kiely, Forensic Evidence: Science and the Criminal Law, Second Edition, page 369:",
          "text": "Understand that European forensic specialists have not rejected earprint expertise, but on the contrary, continue to write about it and include its discussion in international forensic conferences.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The mark or impression left by an ear pressed against a surface."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
        [
          "impression",
          "impression"
        ],
        [
          "ear",
          "ear"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "earprint"
}

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