Associations to the word «Malleus»

Wiktionary

MALLEUS, noun. (anatomy) The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.
MALLEUS, noun. (ichthyology) The tripus (ossicle in cypriniform fishes).
MALLEUS, noun. (zoology) One of the paired calcareous structures within the mastax of rotifers.

Dictionary definition

MALLEUS, noun. The ossicle attached to the eardrum.

Wise words

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Friedrich Nietzsche