Malleus — Defs

01 n. The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handl…

pl. Mallei ((#))

1.
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.(Anat.) See: Far
2.
One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.(Zool.) See: Mastax
3.
A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.(Zool.)