Middle ear part

• Bone in the middle ear
• Anvil in the ear
• Anvil-shaped ear bone
• Bone that's better known as the anvil
• Ear bone also called the anvil

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes [syn: anvil ] [also: incudes (pl)]

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.

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.

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).