Mallei

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.


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     2. (Zool.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of
        Rotifera. See {Mastax}.
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     3. (Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  malleus
       n : the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: {hammer}]
       [also: {mallei} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mallei
       See {malleus}