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tragus

tra·gus [ tráygəss ] (plural tra·gi [ tráy g, tráy j ])


noun 
Definition:
 
1. part of outer ear: the pointed flap of cartilage that lies above the earlobe and partly covers the entrance to the ear passage

2. hair inside ear passage: a hair growing just inside the opening of the ear passage

[Late 17th century. Via modern Latin< Greek tragos "goat, hairy part of the ear"]

tra·gal adjective
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