nontympanic
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English[edit]
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- Rhymes: -ænɪk
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nontympanic (not comparable)
- Not tympanic.
- 2015 November 25, “Insights from Integrative Systematics Reveal Cryptic Diversity in Pristimantis Frogs (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the Upper Amazon Basin”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The lack of a tympanum has been claimed to inhibit anuran vocalization, and nontympanic pathways of sound reception and ultrasonic signal systems may compensate for degeneration of the middle ear complex.