Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In anatomy, a small gristly and fleshy prominence at the entrance of the external ear, projecting backward from the anterior edge of the orifice, and partly closing it: the projection opposite is the antitragus. See second cut under ear.
  • noun In zoology, a corresponding process guarding the external meatus, sometimes capable of closing the orifice like a valve: in some animals, as bats, developing to enormous size and extraordinary shape, and believed to serve as a delicate tactile organ.
  • noun [capitalized] [Haller, 1768.] A genus of grasses, of the tribe Zoysieæ and subtribe Anthephoreæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Anat.) The prominence in front of the external opening of the ear. See Illust. under ear.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Tragus.

Examples

  • The British Hospitality Association (BHA), which counts major restaurant chains such as Tragus and Gondola among its members, is one signatory of the charter.

    Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser 2009

  • The British Hospitality Association (BHA), which counts major restaurant chains such as Tragus and Gondola among its members, is one signatory of the charter.

    Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser 2009

  • The British Hospitality Association (BHA), which counts major restaurant chains such as Tragus and Gondola among its members, is one signatory of the charter.

    Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser 2009

  • The British Hospitality Association (BHA), which counts major restaurant chains such as Tragus and Gondola among its members, is one signatory of the charter.

    Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser 2009

  • Other bolt-on acquisitions last year included the £140 million takeover of Italian restaurant chain Strada by U.K. restaurant group Tragus, and leisure group Merlin Entertainments Group's £1 billion acquisition of London wax museum Madame Tussauds.

    Private equity is now attached to 'bolt ons' 2008

  • Disposals such as that of restaurant group Tragus, which U. K.-based midmarket firm ECI Partners sold to Legal & General Ventures in 2005 in a secondary buyout, and again by LGV in a tertiary buyout to Blackstone Group LP last year, showed how buyout firms can become involved at different stages of a company's development.

    Secondary Buyouts Offer a Sign 2007

  • This differs from the Tragus case, whose three owners adopted three different strategies: corporate carve-out, where a business division is bought from its parent; growth; and buy-and-build.

    Secondary Buyouts Offer a Sign 2007

  • * Tragus (oui j'le compte en dehors des oreilles): j'ai pas encore de cheloide mais je pense et c meme certain que j'en ferais une.

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005

  • For example _Tragus racemosus_ grows with all its branches quite prostrate in a poor, dry, open soil.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • The spikelets are solitary in Perotis, binate in Tragus and grouped in

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.