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incus

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The anvil or incus is a bone in the middle ear . The anvil-shaped small bone is one of three ossicles in the middle ear. The incus receives vibrations from the malleus , to which it is connected laterally, and transmits these to the stapes , medially. The ...

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)]

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.