English Dictionary

incus

/ˈɪŋ.kəs/

noun

(anatomy) A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear. / (meteorology) an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.

The incus is one of the three small bones in the middle ear.

意味（1）

(anatomy) 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).

意味（2）

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