What is "mallei"

Malleus \Mal"le*us\, n.; pl. Mallei. [L., hammer. See Mall a beetle.]

1. (Anat.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far.

2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.

n. (plural of malleus English)

1. n. the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: hammer]

2. [also: mallei (pl)]

See malleus