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incus

/ˈɪŋ.kəs/ UK, US

Rhymes with -ɪŋkəs

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Borrowed from Latin incūs (“anvil”).

noun incudes

A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear. The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles[…] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus (ingʹkus; "anvil"); and the stapes (staʹpēz; "stirrup").
Similar: anvil
An accessory cloud in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.
Similar: anvil, thunderhead

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@misc{incus_2026,
  title = {incus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/incus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}