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Malleus   Listen
noun
Malleus  n.  (pl. mallei)  
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.
2.
(Zool.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
3.
(Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.





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Words linked to "Malleus" :   auditory ossicle, middle ear, hammer, tympanic cavity


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