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Small bone of the middle ear
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incus
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context skeleton English) A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear. 2 (context meteorology English) an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes [syn: anvil ] [also: incudes (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incus \In"cus\, n. [L., anvil.] An anvil. (Anat.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear . (Zo["o]l.) The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera.
Usage examples of incus.
Shaheed," Beckmann returned inci sively, leaving no room for Retledge to interrupt him, "is time.
The offi cial exuse is to eliminate piracy -- but they also, inci dentally, wipe out any possibility that somebody besides the ruling elite might have a decent life, and make sure that the serfs don't go getting ideas about rising above their station.