antitragus
[an-ti-truh-guh s]
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noun, plural an·tit·ra·gi [an-ti-truh-jahy, -gahy] /ænˈtɪ trəˌdʒaɪ, -ˌgaɪ/. Anatomy.
a process of the external ear.
Origin of antitragus
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The tragus ought normally to exceed the antitragus in dimensions.
Pedagogical AnthropologyMaria Montessori
It is to this antitragus, but proceeding from another direction, that the parotido-auricular muscle is inserted (Fig. 90, 15).
Artistic Anatomy of Animalsdouard Cuyer
The genus Rhinolophus has a large nose leaf, and an antitragus to the ear.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
The 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., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
All bats have large ears, each of which contains a curious inner ear known as the “antitragus.”
Everyday AdventuresSamuel Scoville
antitragus
noun plural -gi (-ˌdʒaɪ)
Word Origin for antitragus
C19: from New Latin, from Greek antitragos; see anti-, tragus
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