(fishing) A traditional artificial fly imitating an aquatic insect larva, used in fly fishing. / Any of various plants in the genus Bupleurum. / The fungus Otidea onotica.

(US) Any plant in the North American composite genus Wyethia, with woolly leaves and sunflower-like flowers.

(medicine) Describing a type of hearing aid with microphone, amplifier, and battery that sit in a unit behind the wearer's auricle, and the amplified sound is passed down a tube into the ear canal.

Synonym of ear candling

An ear of maize fit for roasting.

plural of roasting ear

Having pointed ears.

(UK, dated, informal, derogatory) A person who cannot hear clearly or who fails to pay attention to what is said. Its origin is in the wool and cotton mills of Northern England where the noise of the machinery and build-up of cotton dust made it difficult to hear people speaking. The earliest example in print is

Not hearing clearly. / Failing to pay attention.

(US, slang, intransitive) To eavesdrop.