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Where the malleus attaches to the eardrum
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umbo
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n. 1 (context biology English) A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvæ of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear. 2 (context zoology English) One ...
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n. a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum [also: umbones (pl)]
Usage examples of umbo.
The edges were obtuse, the caps fleshy, then corky, smooth, the upper ends not regular, oblique in the form of an umbo or little knob, the pellicles or outside layers thin and easily separated.