incus

(iŋ′kəs)

noun pl. incudes

the central one of the three small bones in the middle ear; it is shaped somewhat like an anvil

Origin: ModL < L, anvil < incusus: see incuse

See incus in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. in·cu·des (ĭng-kyo͞oˈdēz)

An anvil-shaped bone between the malleus and the stapes in the mammalian middle ear. Also called anvil.
A thunderhead.

Origin:

Origin: Latin incūs, incūd-, anvil

Origin: , from incūsus

Origin: , past participle of incūdere, to forge with a hammer

Origin: : in-, intensive pref.; see in-²

Origin: + cūdere, to beat, forge; see kau- in Indo-European roots

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