Word Meaning

Meaning of "malleus" and the crossword clue

- 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.
- One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
- A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.