- Mallei
- 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. (Zo["o]l.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See {Mastax}. [1913 Webster]
3. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
