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malleus - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'malleus' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Malleus [ 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.
- One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
- A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.