Thesaurus: malleus

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1. n. 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.
2. n. One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
3. n. A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
4. n. the ossicle attached to the eardrum
5. 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. 2. (Zoöl.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax. 3. (Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
6. The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; thehammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process,the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far.
7. n:100 n. the ossicle attached to the eardrum