Found 2 items, similar to Malleus.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: malleus malleus n : the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: hammer] [also: mallei (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Malleus Malleus \Mal"le*us\, n.; pl. Mallei. [L., hammer. See Mall a beetle.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell. [1913 Webster]