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tympanum
1 a
(1): tympanic membrane
(2): middle ear b: a thin tense membrane covering an organ of hearing of an insect
— see insect illustration c: a membranous resonator in a sound-producing organ2 a: the recessed usually triangular face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices b: the space within an arch and above a lintel or a subordinate arch
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