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

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noun — the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes

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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");

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