tragus

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It can also be used for other piercings, such as tragus or conchs, just to name a few.

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  1. noun The projection of skin-covered cartilage in front of the meatus of the external ear.
  2. noun Any of the hairs growing at the entrance to the meatus of the external ear.

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  • Ears: large Original Border, crossed lobe, outward anti-tragus, lower fold straight; peculiarity—spaces between folds. —  Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett—Simenon, Georges - 01
  • Tragus piercings I have a tragus piercing for a week now, the ball came off the hoop. —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
  • Ears of medium size, rather thin, evenly convex on the front border, slightly hollowed on the posterior border below the rounded posteriorly directed tip; tragus long and rather narrow, pointed, equal to half the height of the ear. —  manybooks.net
  • Tragus piercings I'm getting my tragus pierced today, but am a little worried because I'm going skiing this weekend and I'm concerned that the rubbing of the tuque will cause irritation. —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
  • If you wish to get some kind of body piercing done, you can choose tragus jewellery. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. New Latin, from Greek tragos, goat, hairy part of the ear.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek τράγος, part of the inner ear, a particular use, in allusion to the bunch of hairs upon it, of τράγος, a goat, literally ‘nibbler,’ from τρώγειν, τραγεῖν, nibble, gnaw.
 

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