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Vinony

incus

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ.kəs/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin incūsbor. English incus Borrowed from Latin incūs (“anvil”).

  1. A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.

    “The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles[…] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus (ingʹkus; "anvil"); and the stapes (staʹpēz; "stirrup").”

  2. An accessory cloud in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.