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noun a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear
originBorrowed 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0