"incus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪŋ.kəs/ [UK, US] Forms: incudes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin incūs (“anvil”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|incūs||anvil}} Latin incūs (“anvil”) Head templates: {{en-noun|incudes}} incus (plural incudes)
  1. (anatomy) A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear. Categories (topical): Skeleton Synonyms (bone in the middle ear): anvil
    Sense id: en-incus-en-noun-szDOGow9 Categories (other): New Latin Disambiguation of New Latin: 7 31 30 7 24 0 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'bone in the middle ear': 78 22
  2. (meteorology) an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus. Categories (topical): Meteorology, Clouds Synonyms (cloud): anvil, thunderhead
    Sense id: en-incus-en-noun-19siglFf Disambiguation of Clouds: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, New Latin Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74 Disambiguation of New Latin: 7 31 30 7 24 0 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'cloud': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: incudal

Inflected forms

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