tragus

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪ.ɡəs/ Rhymes: -eɪɡəs === Noun === tragus (plural tragi) (anatomy) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== antitragus intertragic post-tragus tragal ==== Translations ==== === References === “tragus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “tragus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === Struga, tugras == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “a he-goat”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtra.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtraː.ɡus] === Noun === tragus m (genitive tragī); second declension The goatlike smell of the armpits. A kind of fish. ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: tragus === References === “tragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press