Malleus
n. pl. Mallei (#).-
(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 . -
(Zoöl.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See
Mastax . - (Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
