Associations to the word «Malleus»

Wiktionary

MALLEUS, noun. (anatomy) The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.
MALLEUS, noun. (ichthyology) The tripus (ossicle in cypriniform fishes).
MALLEUS, noun. (zoology) One of the paired calcareous structures within the mastax of rotifers.

Dictionary definition

MALLEUS, noun. The ossicle attached to the eardrum.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley