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malleus (encz) | malleus, n: |
Malleus (gcide) | Malleus \Mal"le*us\, n.; pl. Mallei. [L., hammer. See Mall a
beetle.]
1. (Anat.) 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.
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2. (Zool.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of
Rotifera. See Mastax.
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3. (Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
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malleus (wn) | malleus
n 1: the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: malleus,
hammer] |
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Malleus (gcide) | Malleus \Mal"le*us\, n.; pl. Mallei. [L., hammer. See Mall a
beetle.]
1. (Anat.) 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.
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2. (Zool.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of
Rotifera. See Mastax.
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3. (Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
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