Meanings
adjectivenontympanic (not comparable)
- not comparableNot tympanic.
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.
2015 November 25, “Insights from Integrative Systematics Reveal Cryptic Diversity in Pristimantis Frogs (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the Upper Amazon Basin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with nontympanic
organicHispanicpanicmechanictitanicvolcanicinorganicmanicbotanicshamanicBritannictannictympanicclavulanicRomanicaldermanictetanicDianicallophanicalloxanicbalanicbistephaniccaroticotympanicCatalanic
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APA
nontympanic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nontympanic
MLA
“nontympanic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nontympanic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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