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(anatomy) A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear. quotations examples
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").
2010, Elaine N. Marieb, Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th edition, page 576
(meteorology) an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.