antitragus

[ an-ti-truh-guh s ]

/ ænˈtɪ trə gəs /

a process of the external ear.

Origin of antitragus

1835–45; < New Latin < Greek antítragos. See anti-, tragus

All bats have large ears, each of which contains a curious inner ear known as the “antitragus.”

Everyday Adventures |Samuel Scoville
The tragus ought normally to exceed the antitragus in dimensions.

Pedagogical Anthropology |Maria Montessori
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., Mammalia |Frank Evers Beddard
It is to this antitragus, but proceeding from another direction, that the parotido-auricular muscle is inserted (Fig. 90, 15).

Artistic Anatomy of Animals |douard Cuyer

The genus Rhinolophus has a large nose leaf, and an antitragus to the ear.

The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers Beddard

antitragus

/ (ænˈtɪtrəɡəs) /

a cartilaginous projection of the external ear opposite the tragus

C19: from New Latin, from Greek antitragos; see anti-, tragus

antitragus

[ ăn′tĭ-trā′gəs ]

A projection of the auricle of the ear posterior to the tragus.