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   ‖Malleus , n.; pl. Mallei . [L., hammer. See Mall a beetle.]
   (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.
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   (Zool.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
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   (Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
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