Malleus
Pronunciation : Mal"le*us
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L., hammer. See Mall a beetle.]
Definition : 1. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
2. (Zo?l.)
Defn: One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
3. (Zo?l.)
Defn: A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
pl. Mallei.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913