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It was eventually understood that ear type did breed true, and matings of pricked-eared dogs produced pricked-eared dogs, while matings of lop-eared dogs produced lop-eared dogs.
How to Speak Dog Stanley Coren 2000
qroqqa commented on the word pricked-eared
Great puffed and pearled sleeves rose to the pricked-eared pointings of the stiff lace about the head, conical and braided.
—Djuna Barnes, Nightwood
November 18, 2008