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Malleus

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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Tympanum 70% connected

The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.

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Hammer 92% connected

An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.

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Adambulacral adjective · 78% connection

Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish.

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Ambulacral adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.

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Aristotle's lantern unknown · 78% connection

The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.

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Attachment noun · 78% connection

Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…

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Billhook noun · 78% connection

A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill;…

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Bony adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

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Bulla noun · 78% connection

The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.

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cell membrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Columella noun · 78% connection

A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of th…

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Cytomembrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Drum noun · 78% connection

The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane.

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Endosteum noun · 78% connection

vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones

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Fin noun · 78% connection

An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and p…

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Hammer-beam noun · 78% connection

A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wal…

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Hammerhead noun · 78% connection

A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape.…

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Helve noun · 78% connection

The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer.

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Long adjective · 78% connection

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as…

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Long-lived adjective · 78% connection

Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a…

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