noun Download 🔗Share The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear. Examples : "A fracture of the malleus handle is a rare traumatic middle ear lesion." anatomy medicine body organ part biology physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The tripus (ossicle in cypriniform fishes). Examples : "A scientist studying hearing in goldfish examined the malleus, a tiny bone that helps transmit sound vibrations to the inner ear. " anatomy fish organ biology animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the paired calcareous structures within the mastax of rotifers. Examples : "When the rotifer ingested the algae, the scientist could see the malleus grinding the food inside its mastax under the microscope. " anatomy biology animal part organism structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading