'Malleus' definitions:

Definition of 'malleus'

From: WordNet
noun
The ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: malleus, hammer]

Definition of 'Malleus'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell. [1913 Webster]