incus

Meaning

  1. A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
  2. an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.

Synonyms

anvil-bone

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪŋ.kəs/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incūs (“anvil”).

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