Malleus

n.	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.	(Zool.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
	3.	(Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.

Noun

1.

malleus - the ossicle attached to the eardrum Synonyms: hammer

auditory ossicle, hammer, middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum

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