Word Meanings - TYMPANUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse. The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table. The space within

Additional info about word: TYMPANUM

One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse. The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table. The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch. (more info) kettledrum, a drum or wheel in machines, the triangular area in a The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear. A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.

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