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noun
The small piece of thick cartilage on the inner side of the external ear that is immediately in front of and partly closing the ear canal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cartilaginous structure
History
Borrowed from Late Latin tragus, from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat; part of the ear”); with reference to a tuft of hair, likened to a goat’s beard, that may grow on the tragus, especially in older men.
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