incus
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɪŋ.kəs/(UK)
Definition of incus
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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").”
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noun
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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").”
- An accessory cloud in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incūs (“anvil”).
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