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incus

[ ing-kuhs ]

noun

plural incudes incus
  1. Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals. Compare malleus, stapes.
  2. Also called anvil, the spreading, anvil-shaped, upper portion of a mature cumulonimbus cloud, smooth or slightly fibrous in appearance.


incus

/ ˈɪŋkəs; ˈɪŋkjʊˌdeɪt; ˈɪŋkjʊdəl /

noun

  1. the central of the three small bones in the middle ear of mammals Nontechnical nameanvil Compare malleus stapes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

incus

/ ĭԲ-̅̅ŧ /

, Plural incudes ĭԲ-̅̅ŧ

  1. The anvil-shaped bone (ossicle) that lies between the malleus and the stapes in the middle ear.
  2. The elongated, often anvil-shaped upper portion of a fully developed cumulonimbus cloud; a thunderhead.
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Derived Forms

  • incudate, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··岹ٱ [ing, -ky, uh, -deyt, -dit, in, -], ··岹 [ing, -ky, uh, -dl, in, -], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of incus1

1660–70; < New Latin, Latin Գū anvil, equivalent to Գū- (stem of Գū to hammer, beat upon) + -s nominative singular ending; incuse
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of incus1

C17: from Latin: anvil, from Գū to forge
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When those sound waves hit your eardrum, it vibrates and that vibration is sent behind your eardrum to three tiny bones - the malleus, the incus and the stapes, the smallest bone in your body.

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They might have this arrangement of their incus and malleus for reasons that are entirely different from those explaining the arrangement of these bones in multituberculates or euharamiyidans.

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For instance, the keen hearing of mammals is partly down to tiny bones in the middle ear — the malleus, incus and ectotympanic.

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But to Stankovic’s surprise, the broken bone wasn’t the malleus but another tiny one called the incus.

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Exceptionally clearly developed single-cell Cumulonimbus incus displaying the classic anvil shape; gusts will happen near and under it.

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