What is "external ears"

Usage examples of "external ears".

Birds and reptiles, which lack auricles, do have short auditory canals and so do not lack external ears altogether.

It lacked even the button nose of a baby, nor were there evident external ears.

There was, instead, a long statement about the development of the skeletal and muscular systems, and special adaptations for swimming, such as partial webs between the fingers and the elongated toes, eyes capable of being thrust forward under the brow ridges for purposes of better observation, a large chest with exceptionally powerful muscles, the absence of external ears, and speculation as to the hypothetical superiority, underwater, of the membrane that took the place of the external ear.

They had no external ears, vertical pupils like cats, and highly flexible, prominent tails that they used to supplement their serpentine, courtly language of gestures.

Then he remembered that many animals on earth had no visible organs of sound production or detection, and that the absence of external ears proved nothing.

Though they had no external ears, their hearing was excellent, as was demonstrated by the sharpness with which they turned at the sound of his voice.

The Krahseevah might be as stealthy as Sinanju, but Remo guessed it could hear, even if it didn't have external ears.

The head looks reptilian, despite fur and external ears, and the tail is like that of an ass.

Though devoid of external ears to point in the petitioning female’.

Though devoid of external ears to point in the petitioning female's direction, the Elder still listened intently.

He had no noticeable external ears, and his deep brown eyes were set wide apart.

Their ear openings were simple holes, but they signaled now among themselves with membranous external ears the size of a man's hand.