antitragus
a process of the external ear.
Origin of antitragus
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How to use antitragus in a sentence
The tragus ought normally to exceed the antitragus in dimensions.
Pedagogical Anthropology | Maria MontessoriThe genus Rhinolophus has a large nose leaf, and an antitragus to the ear.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers BeddardThe nose leaf is complicated, and there are only two phalanges in all the toes; there is no antitragus to the ear.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers BeddardIt is to this antitragus, but proceeding from another direction, that the parotido-auricular muscle is inserted (Fig. 90, 15).
Artistic Anatomy of Animals | douard CuyerAll bats have large ears, each of which contains a curious inner ear known as the “antitragus.”
Everyday Adventures | Samuel Scoville
British Dictionary definitions for antitragus
/ (ænˈtɪtrəɡəs) /
a cartilaginous projection of the external ear opposite the tragus
Origin of antitragus
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