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Ear bone also called the anvil
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incus
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Word definitions for incus in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ear bone, 1660s, from Latin incus "anvil," from incudere "to forge with a hammer." So called by Belgian anatomist Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564).
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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes [syn: anvil ] [also: incudes (pl)]
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.