differentiate between pinna and tympanum
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(en-noun)
(anatomy) The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle.
(botany) A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.
(zoology) A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.
Derived terms
* pinnal * pinnate * pinniped * pinnule
Anagrams
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tympanum
Pinna
Noun
(en-noun)
(architecture) A triangular space between the sides of a pediment.
(architecture) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
The middle ear.
The eardrum.
A hearing organ in frogs, toads and some insects.
(engineering) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged; used for raising water, as for irrigation.
Quotations
* 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback, page 9 *: It was a black-and-white picture of a Romanesque doorway, with flanking saints and a lively Last Judgement in the tympanum [...].