meatus

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Learned borrowing from Latin meātus (“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”).

A species, "apparently of the genus Gamasus," according to Dr. Leidy, has been found living in the ear (at the bottom of the external auditory meatus, and attached to the membrana tympani) of steers. — Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses, A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
‘Tis not his profession to know either how to hunt or to dance well; “Orabunt causas alii, coelique meatus Describent radio, et fulgentia sidera dicent; Hic regere imperio populos sciat.” [“Let others plead at the bar, or describe the spheres, and point out the glittering stars; let this man learn to rule the nations.” --AEneid, vi. — Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete, Michel de Montaigne

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