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Malleus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Malleus has 1 sense
- malleus(n = noun.body) hammer - the ossicle attached to the eardrum; Array is a kind of auditory ossicle
is a part of middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum
CIDE DICTIONARY
Malleus, n. [L., hammer. See Mall a beetle.].
- The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far. [1913 Webster]
- One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax. [1913 Webster]
- A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Malleus, n. (pl. mallei) Anat. a small bone in the middle ear transmitting the vibrations of the tympanum to the incus.
Etymology
L, = hammer
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