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Malleus
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) 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):
(n.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
(3):
(n.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Malleus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/malleus.html. 1828.