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||Mal"le*us (?), n.; pl.
Mallei (#). [L., hammer. See Mall a beetle.]
1. (Anat.) The outermost of the three
small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the
tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See
Illust. of Far.

2. (Zoöl.) One of the hard
lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See
Mastax.

3. (Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve
shells; the hammer shell.

||Mal*loph"a*ga (măl*l&obreve;f"&adot;*g&adot;),
n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mallo`s a lock of
wool + fagei^n to eat.] (Zoöl.) An
extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals,
and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice.
See Bird louse, under Bird.

||Mal*lo"tus (?), n. [NL., fr Gr. &?;
fleecy.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One
American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is
extensively used as bait for cod.


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