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Answer for the clue "Anvil of the ear ", 5 letters:
incus

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Word definitions for incus in dictionaries

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.

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.