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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The part of the temporal bone of the skull that partially encloses the middle ear and supports the eardrum.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the bone enclosing the middle ear
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