Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incus \In"cus\, n. [L., anvil.]
1. An anvil.
2. (Anat.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear;
the anvil bone. See {Ear}.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The central portion of the armature of the
pharynx in the Rotifera.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incus
n : the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes [syn: {anvil}]
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