malleus
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malleus
- /ˈmæl.i.əs/ UK, US
Rhymes with -æliəs
Where it comes from
From Latin malleus (“hammer, mallet”). Doublet of maul.
noun mallei
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The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.
A fracture of the malleus handle is a rare traumatic middle ear lesion.
Similar: hammer
- The tripus (ossicle in cypriniform fishes).
- One of the paired calcareous structures within the mastax of rotifers. […] in the typical mastax of a Brachionus there are two hammer-like bodies (mallei), which work on a kind of split anvil (incus); […] each malleus consists of an upper part or head (uncus) and a lower or handle (manubrium);
Similar: malleus Weberi, tripus
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: malleus Weberi, tripus
Translations
Talk about this word "malleus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/malleus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. malleus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/malleus "malleus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/malleus.Cite this
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title = {malleus},
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