A bunch of women were brawling outside a bar in Louisiana on Friday, and the cops had to break it up.  (It happened in the town of Houma, about 45 miles southwest of New Orleans.)

One of the women was a 36-year-old named Michelle Smith.  A when one of the cops stepped in to stop the fight, she latched onto him . . . and bit his EAR off.

According to police, she bit a, quote, “large portion of [his] right ear COMPLETELY off,” then fled the scene.  Last we heard, they were still looking for her.

They issued a warrant for her arrest and plan to charge her with second-degree battery once they catch her.

The cop was taken to a hospital.  It’s not clear if doctors were able to sew his ear back on or not.