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malleus

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Noun
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mal=le=us

CIDE DICTIONARY

malleusn. [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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