tragus

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Origin

• Borrowed from Late Latin tragus, from Ancient Greek τράγος ("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.