tragus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the small pointed flap of cartilage immediately in front of the opening of the external ear

   Pressing the tragus briefly covered the entrance to the ear canal.

Borrowed through Late Latin tragus from Greek tragos ("he-goat" and "tragus of the ear"). The anatomical name probably refers to hairs on the flap that were likened to a goat's beard.

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