incudate

1. (zoology, anatomy) Of, pertaining to or having an incus (bone of the middle ear).Synonyms: incudalnot-comparable

2. (zoology, of mastaxes or trophi of rotifers) That functions by prehension; used as a classification.Examples: "incudate trophi"; "The incudate trophi of Asplanchna are massive forceps quite free from an inclosing mastax, and capable in consequence of even plunging down into the oesophagus; but the forcipate trophi of Sacculus are feeble hooks and blades, inclosed in a grape-shaped mastax, and admitting of only a slight protrusion from the mouth."; "FIGURE 140.[…]A-E with a malleate mastax in the Brachionidae and a malleo-ramate in the Flosculariaceae, mainly feed by sedimenting; F and G with virgate or incudate mastax, respectively, are more selective and raptorial."not-comparable